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View Richard Keezer: Passamaquoddy Wood Carver
UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:13

Richard is the son of renowned basketmaker Clara Keezer. In this video he shows the process of making a rattle from poplar from the tree to the finished product. Richard is the only carver in his community and he talks about his concerns for passing on the tradition.

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Wabanaki Tribe
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Wood-carving -- Maine
Rattle (Musical instrument)

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View Molly Neptune Parker: Passamaquoddy Master Basketmaker
UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:30

Molly is the 2007 Maine Arts Commission Traditional Artist Fellowship award winner, who talks about learning the tradition from her mother and then passing the tradition on to her children and grandchildren. She demonstrates how brown ash is prepared (splitting and gauging) for making fancy baskets and talks about the relationship of this tradition to her community and to the perpetuation of Passamaquoddy culture. Her grandson George is also featured in this segment.

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Clara Neptune in Governor's Ceremonial Collar
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Photograph of Clara Neptune, Penobscot Tribe, Old Town, Maine. Writing on back of photo says: "Clara Neptune dressed up in the Governor's Ceremonial collar with an eagle feather in her hair, neither of which a woman should be wearing."

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View 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.

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View 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.

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The Widower King
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Story, "The Widower King," told by Clara Neptune to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm.

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Legends
Native Americans
Penobscot Indian Nation
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Tales

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People of the dawn
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37

The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine.

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Canoes and canoeing
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Clara Neptune
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Photograph of Clara Neptune, Penobscot Tribe, Old Town, Maine. She is wearing a blanket or cloak drawn over her head and pinned at her throat.

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View 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.

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View 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.

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