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Wabanaki Studies
a resource developed by Mrs. Mac

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Training Lacking for Tribal teaching

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Teaching Wabanaki Studies

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The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritmes

 I have been developing curriculum and resource materials for the Maine Native Studies Committee, and leading teacher workshops, for 4 years. I have been awarded an Aspirations Grant to develop and implement a new curriculum called Wabananki Technologies. The focus of this project is to instill in our students a greater understanding of and appreciation for the technological skills of the Wabanakis. The tools, products and methodologies developed by Maine's Natives reflect both a highly developed knowledge of the environment and a commitment to conservation that can instruct us today.

The Maine Wabanaki Nations:

The Penobscot Nation
The Houlton Band of Malisett
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian TownshipWe will be adding some elements of the project curriculum to Literacy 8 this year. We will begin with a study of Wabanaki World View. Using the FMS grounds, we will research indigenous plant life used by the Wabanakis in food, decorative, and medicinal technologies. The content for our spring reading skills will include hunting, trapping, fishing, and food preparation methods. In the Maine government unit, we will be reading primary documents related to early treaties and land negotiations. We will begin construction of a Pre-Contact Garden and a Wabanaki Walking Trail on the school grounds, using our GPS navigation tools and use our plant research to write a guidebook for young visitors to the trail.

All students will learn to use our digital technologies to document the Project.

This section of the Literacy 8 site will provide basic resources and a documentary of the project activities.

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Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain
updated 3/1/08