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Text		Kluskap Carried Across the Water by a Giant Whale Fogler Special Collections, Text Story, "Kluskap Carried Across the Water by a Giant Whale," told by Lewey Mitchell of the Passamaquoddy tribe. (Relevance: 241) Find Similar Resources	Legends Native Americans Native Americans Passamaquoddy Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe Tales

Text		Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Text Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine. Includes brief notations of work for the day and the weather for various times of the year. (Relevance: 240) Find Similar Resources	Agriculture Farm life Farming/Agriculture

Moving Image		Agricultural Societies & Fairs MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:00 As the railroad brought competition, farmers wanted to be better informed and banded together like never before. Fairs grew up in New England in the 1820s. (Relevance: 239) Find Similar Resources	Agricultural exhibitions -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Farms -- Maine

Moving Image		Jennifer Sapiel Neptune: Penobscot Beadworker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:36 Jennifer is the only individual in any of the four tribes that makes beadwork in the traditional style of the region. She talks about the loss of these pieces within the community and what it will mean for them to be brought back. She talks about the materials that she uses and how she does this style of beadworking. Her style has changed over time as she has had opportunities to study pieces in Museum collections and then make new pieces that draw inspiration from the collars and peaked caps that she has studied. (Relevance: 238) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Beadwork

Moving Image		The Hard Life of the Farmer MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:26 European settlers began coming to the region almost four centries ago. From the beginning, they were farmers, and well into the 1800s, they had a very difficult life. (Relevance: 229) Find Similar Resources	Farms -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Maine -- Social life and customs. Agricultural implements.

Moving Image		The Younger Generation Leaves the Farm MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:21 The younger generation, who looked for the promise of better wages and new oppotunities, left farms. Some went west and others were lured to the newly industrialized cities. By 1900, Maine had 5000 fewer farms than it did in 1880. (Relevance: 228) Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture Farms -- Maine Population -- Maine Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883

Moving Image		Aquaculture MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 Farmed salmon grown along the Maine coast provides an affordable alternative to wild salmon. But aquaculture has had its share of controversy with pollution, toxins and diseases. Researchers at universities around the region are racing to come up with innovations to help fish farmers. (Relevance: 226) Find Similar Resources	Fish farming Fishing/Fisherman Aquaculture Atlantic salmon

Text		Letter from John Minot to his father regarding the murder of Jesuit priest Sebastien Rasles Maine Historical Society, Text This letter dated June 20, 1732 discusses logging in the Brunswick, Maine area, then goes on to relate issues around the murder of the Jesuit Priest Sebastien Rasles (Rale), who had a Mission in Norridgewock, Maine with the Abenaki Indians. (Relevance: 224) Find Similar Resources	Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Dummer's War, 1721-1727 Indians of North America -- Maine -- Alcohol Indians of North America -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Jaquish Jesuit missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Lumber industry -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History -- 18th century Minot, John Minot, Stephen Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Murders -- Maine -- Norridgewock -- History -- 18th century Native Americans Rale, Sebastien

Text		National Park Service -- Passamaquoddy UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Text The National Park Service and the Abbe Museum collaborated to create this traveling kit. This hands-on kit uses student-centered activities and tactile elements to introduce students to the richness of Passamaquoddy culture and history. This kit does not attempt to fully teach all Passamaquoddy history. Rather, these lessons and activities should be used as an introduction that will inspire you and your students to learn more about Passamaquoddy and other Wabanaki history. (Relevance: 220) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Indians of North America -- Study and teaching Indians of North America -- History Indians of North America -- Social life and customs Passamaquoddy Tribe Penobscot Indians

Text		History of the Passamaquoddies Fogler Special Collections, Text "History of the Passamaquoddies," written by Lewey Mitchell. (Relevance: 218) Find Similar Resources	Legends Native Americans Passamaquoddy Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe Tales

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