Literary Picks for Educators

Scroll a through a list of key pieces in Maine Native history and cultural studies.

Method for Teaching the Sign of the Beaver A required text in many classrooms, one fifth grade teacher shares how they incorporated the novel.
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women of the dawn
This work tells the stories of four remarkable Wabanaki Indian women who lived in northeast America during the four centuries that devastated their traditional world.
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This anthology includes both classic and contemporary literary works from ten New England indigenous nations: the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Schaghticoke, and Wampanoag. The works cover a variety of genres and historical periods.
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This is a resource book focusing on the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and Abenaki Indians. Created for school use in grades four through eight. Divided into four sections: historical overview; lesson plans; readings; and fact sheets, giving information and materials to help educate students on the history and culture of the Indians of Maine and the Maritimes.
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This is the key monograph on the Penobscot. The author did fieldwork on Indian Island between 1907 and 1936. The book is broken down into four sections: Tribal Name and Habitat; Material Life; Arts, Decorative Designs, and Techniques; and Characteristics of Social Life.