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Moving Image		People of the dawn MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37 The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine. (Relevance: 3797) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Canoes and canoeing Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

Moving Image		Theresa Secord: Penobscot basketmaker and Executive Director of MBA UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:13 Theresa is a Penobscot basketmaker, who talks about basketmaking and her hopes and concerns for the future of the tradition. These concerns include the “teaching” of the tradition, the passing down of information from one generation to the next, and issues related to access and the emerald ash borer. Theresa also explores the evolution of her basketmaking style as she incorporates ideas and materials from her family and other native basketmakers that she meets. She is an ambassador for the Maine Indian Basketmakers and their traditions. (Relevance: 2329) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Clara Keezer UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:01 Clara Keezer is a Passamaquoddy Basketmaker. Clara is a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award winner. Her segment focuses on how her basket styles have evolved from utilitarian forms to art. She also talks about the communal nature of basketmaking in her community of Pleasant Point. (Relevance: 2295) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Mary Sanipass: Micmac Mater Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:05:47 Mary Sanipass, Micmac Basketmaker. Mary and her husband Donald, who passed on during the project, are Micmac elders who continue to make forms that have been made in their families for generations. Mary focuses on a basket specific to Aroostook County, the potato basket. She talks about her concerns of the tradition and her hopes for her family carrying on the tradition. (Relevance: 1588) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Micmac Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		ssipsis: Artist, Poet and Author UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:10 ssipsis, Penobscot Birchbark Artist. ssipsis means “little bird” in Penobscot and she is the only female artist who works in birchbark. She talks about living off the land on Penobscot territory that was acquired after the Lands Claims Settlement and making objects from bark that she gathered. She is known for her distinctive pack baskets and etched panels. She talks about her respect for the trees and rituals that she does to prepare herself to gather materials. (Relevance: 1500) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Birch bark Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Jeremy Frey & Ganessa Bryant: Carriers of Culture UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:33 Passamaquoddy Basketmaker Jeremy Frey and Penobscot basketmaker Ganessa Bryant represent a new generation of basketmakers who are carriers of culture. Their work draws on traditional techniques, but incorporates innovations and materials from other regions of the country. They talk about their concerns for the tradition, and threats to access to raw materials and the emerald ash borer. (Relevance: 1486) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		The Elders Speak UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:09:54 This segment features Ted Mitchell and Arnie Neptune, Penobscot Elders and Joseph “Cozy” Nicholas, Passamaquoddy elder, who passed on in July. All of the elders talk about discrimination, changes to their community and the loss of native language and traditions. All convey a message for the younger generation to remember who they are and the importance of their traditions to their culture and their future. (Relevance: 1455) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe Indians of North America - Social life and customs

Moving Image		Power Lines MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:46 (Relevance: 1424) Find Similar Resources	Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

Moving Image		Winter MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43 For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't. (Relevance: 1415) Find Similar Resources	Winter -- New England Ecology/Energy Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England

Moving Image		Molly Neptune Parker: Passamaquoddy Master Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:30 Molly is the 2007 Maine Arts Commission Traditional Artist Fellowship award winner, who talks about learning the tradition from her mother and then passing the tradition on to her children and grandchildren. She demonstrates how brown ash is prepared (splitting and gauging) for making fancy baskets and talks about the relationship of this tradition to her community and to the perpetuation of Passamaquoddy culture. Her grandson George is also featured in this segment. (Relevance: 1404) Find Similar Resources	Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe Native Americans Basket making Baskets -- Maine Indian baskets -- North America

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