Wabanaki Resources for HS

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At the high school level, students will be placing the Maine Natives in the context of a larger history. These resources expand the middle school links, encouraging students to make national connections.

	Keep Current
Wabanaki Connections blog for Maine (and other) educators interested in teaching Wabanaki studies - maintained by Joseph Charnley - this is the place to go for notification of current workshops - it is a growing networking site	Donna Loring's Blog read about current legislation and political/social issues in this current blog by the Penobscot Indian Nation representative to the Maine legislature.	U & D Interested in current teaching practices, events and ideas relating to the implementation of LD291? Read and participate in Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain's blog
Native American Political Issues Laura Brooks (Passamaquoddy) Current issues, at times with links to source documents	Maine Newsstand All residents of Maine have free access to the MARVEL! database of full text resources. Maine Newsstand is a (growing) database of newspaper articles - excellent search functions	Tribal Websites It is important that students understand that these are vibrant sovereign governments - follow the link above to access tribal sites
	MITSC Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission this site contains current information about tribal issues, some educational links, and links to background information that will help teachers and students understand sovereignty and tribal government
	Background & Lessons
Lessons by Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain To support Wabanaki Studies in Middle School and High School All lessons are appropriate for HS, but they may need to be modified	Wabanaki Studies Commission LD 291, Tribal Websites, Resources, COURSES! Hypertext version of The Final Report of the Wabanaki Studies Commission LD 291 Essentials for Understanding Searchable Library of Lesson Plans (highly recommended)	Maine Indians in the 17th and 18th Century workshop offered for a reasonable fee by the experts at Old Fort Western - for information, email: Jay Adams, Director OFW
Abbe Museum Excellent timelines, resources and resource lists, exhibit lessons, links to human resources. Not to be missed are the new Wabanaki studies lessons called the Online-Timeline Curriculum (follow the links at the bottom of the page to download the curriculum or move through it step by step online). These include a variation of my lessons on WorldView/Culture Circle.	Hudson Museum Informational resources can be mined by HS students	MPBN Lessons to accompany HOME - Follow links to Native American Culture and Classroom - best for introductory curricula
Maine Memory Search the primary source materials and organize them into a classroom web-album. Images and resources can also be downloaded.	Windows on Maine Search, view and download .pdf files of primary sources (letter, treaties, images, recordings), on-demand clips from the HOME videos, and images of artifacts arranged by Nation. HS students might use this as a presentation resource.	Finding Katahdin These lessons cover a wide range of topics, including Contact, language, maps, and many of the treaties - they accompany a Maine text of the same name. Best for a survey HS course.
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Access historical records of all kinds here. Many records require a 2nd or 3rd level of access, so students should plan ahead!	National Museum of the American Indian This is an exceptional resource that speaks about diversity and honest of Indian views. Teachers and students must explore the Online Exhibitions. These are powerful resources for cultural stereotyping, humor (in art), and political/social expression. Click Exhibitions then find Online Exhibitions in the menu to the left. Don't miss: Indian Humor who stole the teepee? (which addresses Indian Schools, stereotypes, and reservation life)	American Memory Indian Boarding Schools Use this resource along with the image files from the National Museum of the American Indian
Penobscot Nation Curriculum Packet 12 lessons, media resources and reproducibles Download order form ($600) from the Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Page	Passamaquoddy Teaching Kit Developed by the National Park Service with the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Abbe Museum - the downloadable lesson plans are excellent - each Background reading has a bibliography	Trails of Tears, and Hope Article appearing in the Harvard Magazine, March/April 2008. Although not specific to the Wabanakis, this discussion of "collective trauma" and paths to its healing applies to Maine's Native peoples and their economics as well
Maine Census American Indian populations by county - 2000 State - 2000 Historical Census Browser Historical Census Tables We, the First Americans (.pdf)	Wabanaki Timeline for Teaching Condensation of historical timelines to aid the Maine teacher; This is best used with other resources and other Timelines	Language: Download an Abanaki-Penobscot-English dictionary program for Windows: Frelang.com Access resources for all Wabanaki languages at Native American Languages Online sources for Wabanaki words, games, and pronunciations can be found in the Pictionary lesson
Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection Searchable database of images, with commentary Nova Scotia Museum	Davistown Museum Site considers less known Wabanaki history, including wonderful discussions of Horticulture, Norumbega, Maritime Resources and Ecology in the worldview	Maine History Studies Steve Tanguay Wide-ranging site includes resource links in areas such as history, story, language as well as links to current Native issues
Ne-Do-Ba Find here an assortment of Wabanaki/Abanaki documents, commentary, etc.	Maine Folklife Center Malecite and Passamaquoddy Tales (There are numerous Wabanaki stories, legends, tales online. These are directly and correctly attributed).	Passamaquoddy Literature Penobscot Literature Several stories Best used as part of a reading of tribe-specific stories, including children's books
Alcatraz is Not an Island Videos, background and lessons about Native American Activism in the 70's, with a timeline of Indian activism. Find photos at this site: The American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island	The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Relations Between the United States and Native Americans seachable primary document resource, organized by century: it is best to use this if you have a historical event or issue in mind	Images of Native Americans Accessible by historical period - students studying stereotypes, history, a specific nation can use this resource

Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain
Updated 5/11/08