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Moving Image		Climate Change: In Our Backyard MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45 Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate. (Relevance: 1079) Find Similar Resources	Climatic changes Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 1042) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

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: 1032) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Canoes and canoeing Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

Text		The Corn and Tobacco Mother Maine Folklife Center, Text Traditional Penobscot tale, "The Corn and Tobacco Mother", written by Molly Spotted Elk and included in her manuscript, Katahdin Wigwam's Tales. (Relevance: 974) Find Similar Resources	Legends Native Americans Penobscot Indian Nation Penobscot Tribe Tales

Moving Image		They Came By Sea MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 Europeans arrived here by sea, attracted by the region's phenomenal fisheries and the natural resources visible on the coast. At first, they weren't interested in establishing permanent settlements but, as an appreciation for the economic value of Maine's natural resources grew, colonial settlement began. Today, Maine continues to rely on the economic advantages available through the natural resources of the coast. (Relevance: 953) Find Similar Resources	Fishing/Fisherman History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36 Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail. (Relevance: 949) Find Similar Resources	Biomechanics Sports -- Physiological aspects Human mechanics Human locomotion

Moving Image		The Frontier Wars MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans. (Relevance: 935) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Land Disputes Native Americans History - Colonial Period

Text		Edwin H. Eddy's recollection of his visit to a logging camp, 1880 Maine Historical Society, Text Recollections of Edwin H. Eddy's visit to a logging camp near Moosehead Lake in 1880. (Relevance: 926) Find Similar Resources	Cutler, Thatcher & Company Eddy, Edwin H. Eddy, Edwin H. -- Personal narratives Eddy, Johnathan Lumber trade -- Maine Lumbering -- Maine Lumbermen -- Maine Manuscripts Moosehead Lake -- History

Artifact		Birchbark Box Maine State Museum, Artifact Cylindrical birch bark container with lid. Village, hunting, canoe and moose scene etched on side body. Construction: body: consists of two sections (one round for base and one rectangular for sides) lashed together with spruce root. Interior bark to outside. A half round hoop is spot (spruce root) lashed to rim. Lid: two pieces of bark (one round and one rectangular for brim) are lashed together with spruce root. (Relevance: 911) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Passamaquoddy Tribe Birch bark Boxes

Artifact		Pack Basket Maine State Museum, Artifact A well-made ash splint pack basket; bottom is rectangular with crosswoven standards 1 1/8" thick; standards decrease to 1/2" near top. Sides are woven with 1/4" weavers, basket becoming rounded at corners. Basket increases in circumference, reaching maximum at 9" above base; bulges more in front; slowly contracts, becoming almost straight sided at top; opening is round. Two wood hoops placed along inside and outside perimeter at top and lashed; round, flat lid made with two layers of double standards increasing in width near outside of lid. Lid plainly woven with 1/4" weavers; wood hoop placed around top outside of lid and lashed to front to hold lid down. Leather strips riveted together to form hinges for lid; leather strip missing. Two leather buckles (broken) were riveted to bottom for form pack straps (now broken); one also at top. (Relevance: 875) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Basket making Baskets Indian baskets

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