DOCUMENT RESUME ED 393 621 RC 020 490 TITLE The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes: A Resource Book about Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and Abenaki Indians with Lesson Plans for Grades 4 through 8. INSTITUTION American Friends Service Committee, Bath, ME. New England Regional Office. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 524p.; Photographs will not reproduce adequately. AVAILABLE FROMAmerican Friends Service Committee, Literature Resources Unit, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 ($20; quantity discounts). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC21 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *American Indian Culture; *American Indian History; American Indian Reservations; *Canada Natives; Cultural Activities; Curriculum Guides; Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; *Instructional Materials; Junior High Schools; Learning Activities; Lesson Plans; Reading Materials; Reservation American Indians; Resource Materials; *Tribes IDENTIFIERS Canada (Maritime Provinces); *Maine; Native Americans; *Wabanaki Confederacy ABSTRACT This guide provides information and instructional materials on the history and culture of the Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritime Provinces (Canada). The Wabanakis include the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac, and Abenaki peoples. The curriculum was designed for grades 4-8 and is divided into four sections. The first section provides background information on the history and culture of the Wabanakis and the changes that occurred before and after European contact. The second section includes the following lesson plans: How We Look at Others; Mi'kmaq; Time and Place; Legends; Wabanaki Life 500 Years Ago; Wabanaki and European Interaction: 1600-1800; An Invisible People: 1800-1950; and Contemporary Life. Each lesson plan includes suggested grade level, objectives, words to know, background materials, background notes, materials to use in class, and procedures. This section also includes additional instructional materials to supplement lesson plans. The third section includes reading materials on Wabanaki legends; stories from or about different periods in history; interviews with 30 contemporary Wabanaki people from New England and the Maritimes reflecting their family life, educational experiences, culture, and traditional values; and children's essays depicting contemporary Wabanaki life. The fourth section includes fact sheets containing information on Wabanaki lerrktories; material culture; political, social, and spiritual life; and colonial life before the Revolutionary War. This section also includes information on Wabanaki games, doll making, art designs, songs, language, projects with natural materials, fingerweaving, constructing a wigwam, and recipes. The guide also includes a list of additional resources: periodicals; Native governments, organizations, and institutions; museums; reservation communities; and Native associations. Contents are described for a videocassette recording of Wabanaki pronunciation and songs that accompanies the guide. Contains 89 references, photographs, illustrations, and an index. (LP) r.7 The Wthanakis of Maine and the Maritimes A resource book about Penobscot, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATiON Office of Educe lions; Research and Improvement Passamaquoddy, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND 0<tiedocument hes baron reproduced as Maliseet, Micmac and DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL waived horn the person or orionitotion HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 0Ogrosting it Abenaki Indians 0 Minor clkanees Rave been mode to improve reProduttort (Malty Pants of ammo( opinions stated in this docu- ment do not nocessenty represent official with lesson plans for OERI posetton or policy grades 4 through 8 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Prepared for and published by the American Friends Service Cnmittee 2 _ BEST COPY AVAILABLE WABANAKI WORDSAND SONGS A soundsheet produced toaccompany The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes: A Resource Book about Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and AbenakiIndians. SID.E...QUE WABANAKI WORD PRONUNCIATIONS Corresponding section and page #: Introduction (:20) LESSON PLANS: B-24 Mi'kmaq (:13) B-40 Milmaq Family Tree Chart (1:19) READINGS: LEGENDS C-2 Koluskap and His People (1:50) C-7 Three Koldscape Legends (:11) C-13 Mahtokwehso: How the Rabbit Lost His Tail (1:09) C-21 Adventures of Master Rabbit: How the RabbitBecame Wise by Being Original (:55) C-25 The Kcinu: The Story ofa Cannibal with an Icy Heart (:16) STORIES FROM THE PAST C-27 A Micmac Woman Speaks to HerGranddaughter: 1400 (:20) C-33 A Kennebec Mother's Thoughts: 1650(:20) C-35 A Penobscot Boy's Thoughts: 1685 (:31) C-51 Maliyan (:15) Note: For pronunciation of same( in other stories, listen to Mahtekwehsoor A Kennebec Mother's Thoughts. For pronunciation of sakom, listento Adventures of Master Rabbit. FACT SHEETS: D-9 Wabanaki Groups and Names (:37) D-23 Place Names (2:10) D-117 Waltes (:13) SIDE TWO &LUGS Band 1 D-126 Little Pines ITuhtuwas] (3:00) Band 2 D-128 Amucalu--The Fly (1:20) Band 3 Four Passamaquoddy Songs: folksong, naming song, greeting chant, song in parts (5:26) Wabanaki words on side one are pronounced by Serena Knockw000d, Micmac, withEnglish words by Robert Leavitt; Wayne Newell, Passamaquoddy andMaliseet; and Carol Dana, Penobscot. Wabanaki singing and drummingon side two is done by Wayne Newell and Blanche Sockabasin. Others who helped in making the recordingswere Mike Goodine of WQDY Radio Station and Daryle MPBN, WQDY, WCBB-TV, and the Carter. University of New Brunswick generouslyallowed us to use their recording facilities. Mark Ireland,cameraperson at WCBB-TV, produced the final recording. Those who plan extensive use of this soundsheet for non-profit educationalpurposes are encouraged to duplicate the recording ontoa cassette tape for ease of are. Produced for the Maine Indian Program,P.O. Box 1096, Bath, Maine, 04530, a field program of the New England Regional Officeof the American Friends Service Committee. Copyright 1989 American Friends Service Committee %LI) r THE WABANAKIS OF MAINE AND THE MARITIMES A RESOURCE BOOK ABOUT PENOBSCOT,PASSAMAQUODDY, MALISEET, MICMAC, AND ABENAKI INDIANS with lesson plans for grades 4 through 8 Prepared for and published by the Maine Indian Progamof the New England Regional Office of the AmericanFriends Service Committee. 4 Cover photo of Sara Dana and Stella Dana of Pleasant Point, taken by Father Larry Smith. Copyright 1989 by the American Friends Service Committee. All rights reserved. No part of this book or the accompanying soundsheet may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, by any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner or the publisher. Published by the Maine Indian Program, P.O. Box 1096, Bath, Maine, 04530, a field program of the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee. Distributed for the Maine Indian Program by Program Resources of the National Office of the American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 5 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii INTRODUCTION ix Poem: "We are the stars which sing" x iv HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Introduction A -1 Changes in Climate and Life A-1 Wabanald Society 400 Years Ago A-3 European Contact A -7 The Environment Changes A -10 Wabanaki Government and Politics A - 1 2 Land and Treaties A-1 5 Effects of the American Revolution A-1 7 An Invisible People: 1800 - 1950 A - 1 9 Contemporary Life: 1950 - Present Day A - 2 4 Sources A - 3 4 poem: "Penobscot Home Nation" A - 3 6 LESSON PLANS Detailed Table of Contents B -1 Introduction B 3 HOW WE LOOK AT OTHERS B -7 MIKMAQ - 2 5 TIME AND PLACE B -41 LEGENDS B 5 7 WABANAKI LIFE 500 YEARS AGO B -67 WABANAKI AND EUROPEAN INTERACTION: 1600-1800 B-8 6 AN INVISIBLE PEOPLE: 1800-1950 B - 121 CONTEMPORARY LIFE B - 1 3 0 Poem: "The Earth Way" B - 1 80 READINGS Introduction C-1 LEGENDS Koluskap and His People C-2 Three Koldscape Legends C-7 The Great Bull-Frog C - 10 Adventures of Militakwehso: How the Rabbit Lost His Tail C-13 Adventures of Master Rabbit: How the Rabbit Became Wise by Being Original C-2 1 The Kcinu: The Story of a Cannibal with an Icy Heart C-25 The Wabanakis READINGS (continued) STORIES FROM THE PAST A Micmac Woman Speaks to Her Granddaughter: 1400 C-27 A Micmac Looks at Ways of Europeans C-3 1 A Kennebec Mother's Thoughts: 1650 C -3 3 A Penobscot Boy's Thoughts: 1685 C -35 English Cou Ins Have a Talk in Pemaquid: 1685 C- 39 Maliseets in the Revolutionary War C -4 2 A Passamaquoddy Man Speaks to the Maine Legislature: 1887 C -4 6 Maliyan (a stoiy of Passamaquoddy life in the 1920's) C -50 INTERVIEWS WITH WABANAKI PEOPLE TODAY Contemporary Life and Change C -5 6 Memories C -7 0 Leadership C-8 8 Prejudice C -9 2 Aboriginal Rights C -97 Land Claims Settlement C -9 9 Traditional Spirituality C- 10 4 CHILDREN'S ESSAYS C-11 2 Poem: "Passamaquoddy Girl" C-11 8 FACT SHEETS Detailed Table of Contents D-1 Introduction D-3 MAPPING D-4 WABANAKI MATERIAL CULTURE D - 2 4 WABANAKI POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE D-66 COLONIAL LIFE BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR D-103 THINGS TO TRY D-115 Poem: "Our home is this country" D-144 RESOURCES BOOKS AND AUDIOVISUALS (grouped topically, and annotated) E-1 PERIODICALS E - 4 NATIVE GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS E - 4 BIBLIOGRAPHY (our sources: alphabetized, not annotated) E-9 INDEX E -15 Videotape Order Form E -1 8 Evaluation Form E -19 iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The resource book was written under the direction of a Curriculum Committee, a diverse group with representation from a number of Wabanaki communities. The committee was sponsored by the Maine Indian Program, part of the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee. During the three years in which they met, this committee planned whatwas to be included in the resource book, supplied a broad body of facts, decided how the material should be presented, and then reviewed and revised what had been written between meetings.