Media Resources
for Wabanaki study
The resources below are available from a variety of sources. Many can be purchased from the Abbe Museum. Some can be purchased from Amazon.com or other online source, or through a local bookstore. Many are available for loan through a public or school library. Other sources are as noted. Please send contributions to this page to Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain.
- Landscapes, Legends & Language of the Passamaquoddy People (Interactive CD) - created as a teaching tool, this has a Read Me file to guide its use. Available also from: Klarity Multimedia.
- N'tolonapemk; Our Relatives' Place (DVD, 50 min.) - a film exploring the Passamaquoddy's connection to ancestral lands, including some archaeology and insight into world view.
- Passamaquoddy Teaching Kit (CD resource) - electronic version of the Traveling Teaching Kit, provides background readings, guides, and directions for purchasing hands-on materials.
- The Frog Monster and Other Penobscot Stories (VHS, 20 min.) - by students at Indian School - the Penobscot Creation story, Klouskap and His People, and the Frog Monster - animated in various ways by students.
- Mi'Kmaq (VHS) - 5 programs of about 25 minutes - dramatizing native life in 1400 - summer and winter encampments, eel weir, wedding, arrival - specify the English version - available from the Maine State Library
- Native Legends (VHS, 8:19 min.) - National Film Board of Canada - Summer Legend is a Micmac legend describing the cycle of the seasons.
- Home (Quicktime, VHS) - search for and download video clips from this PBS series at Windows On Maine - obtain a copy of any of the tapes for the cost of a blank tape from Maine State Library. People of the Dawn is focused on the Wabanakis.
- Invisible (DVD) - deals with current issues, stereotypes, racism - preview before using
- Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD) - Narration by Wayne Newell - Acadia Publications. P. O. Box 97, Brunswick, ME 04011 - this is new
- Wabanaki: A New Dawn (VHS) - Available from Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission, P.O. Box 87, Hallowell, ME 04347; or loan from the Maine State Library
- First Light; Music from the Eastern Woodlands (music CD) - flute and drum
- Voices of Katahdin (music CD) - available currently from Klarity Music
- The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (CD) - the CD that comes with the book contains native language readings and samples to go with the stories in the book';
Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain
Updated 8/8/07
Updated 8/8/07