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Moving Image		Caron Shay & Briana Randall: Passing on the Tradition UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:08:46 Caron Shay, Penobscot Basketmaker. Caron is passing on the tradition to her granddaughter Briana. Caron’s segment focuses on traditional methods of teaching basektmaking, by watching and doing. Caron talks about her own experiences learning the tradition from her mother and father and she “fixes” Briana’s work and shows her how to do various steps in the weaving process in this segment. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Clara Keezer UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:01 Clara Keezer is a Passamaquoddy Basketmaker. Clara is a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award winner. Her segment focuses on how her basket styles have evolved from utilitarian forms to art. She also talks about the communal nature of basketmaking in her community of Pleasant Point. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		David Moses Bridges: Passamaquoddy Birchbark Artist UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:54 Passamaquoddy Birchbark David Moses Bridges is an award-winning artist, who has received national attention for his work, which ranges from full-size birchbark canoes to traditional containers. The footage shows him in his workshop making containers and showing how the raw materials are prepared, stitched together and etched. A later film shot focuses on harvesting spruce root, which is used to sew the bark. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Birch bark Basket making Baskets – Maine Spruce baskets Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Fred Tomah: Maliseet Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:54 Fred is a Maliseet artist. He has developed a distinctive basketmaking style. He learned from elders to make a wide variety of utilitarian basket forms, which he has adapted into art. This segment shows the evolution of his distinctive style and how he creates new forms. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Maliseet Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Jeremy Frey & Ganessa Bryant: Carriers of Culture UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:33 Passamaquoddy Basketmaker Jeremy Frey and Penobscot basketmaker Ganessa Bryant represent a new generation of basketmakers who are carriers of culture. Their work draws on traditional techniques, but incorporates innovations and materials from other regions of the country. They talk about their concerns for the tradition, and threats to access to raw materials and the emerald ash borer. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Mary Sanipass: Micmac Mater Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:05:47 Mary Sanipass, Micmac Basketmaker. Mary and her husband Donald, who passed on during the project, are Micmac elders who continue to make forms that have been made in their families for generations. Mary focuses on a basket specific to Aroostook County, the potato basket. She talks about her concerns of the tradition and her hopes for her family carrying on the tradition. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Micmac Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Theresa Secord: Penobscot basketmaker and Executive Director of MBA UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:13 Theresa is a Penobscot basketmaker, who talks about basketmaking and her hopes and concerns for the future of the tradition. These concerns include the “teaching” of the tradition, the passing down of information from one generation to the next, and issues related to access and the emerald ash borer. Theresa also explores the evolution of her basketmaking style as she incorporates ideas and materials from her family and other native basketmakers that she meets. She is an ambassador for the Maine Indian Basketmakers and their traditions. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		ssipsis: Artist, Poet and Author UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:10 ssipsis, Penobscot Birchbark Artist. ssipsis means “little bird” in Penobscot and she is the only female artist who works in birchbark. She talks about living off the land on Penobscot territory that was acquired after the Lands Claims Settlement and making objects from bark that she gathered. She is known for her distinctive pack baskets and etched panels. She talks about her respect for the trees and rituals that she does to prepare herself to gather materials. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Birch bark Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

You found 8 resources
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