Suggested Curriculum Integration
Teacher and Instructional Resources Aligned to the PK-Diploma Learning Outcomes & Imbedded Concepts
2007 MLR Content Standard E: History
Students draw on concepts and processes from history to develop historical perspective and understand issues of continuity and change in the community, Maine, the United States, and world.
Performance Indicator 2
Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in History
LD 291 Concentrated Area of Study: Cultural Systems & History
Teacher resources are intended to provide information to deepen the teacher’s understanding of the outcome, topic or concept. Instructional resources are intended to facilitate instruction, student engagement and student learning at the stated grade span. NOTE: Citations are noted by giving the title, followed by the author, editors or publishers, and year of publication in parenthesis. Hyperlinks have been included wherever possible to allow efficient access to viewing or listening.
Worldview
Teacher
The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
Wabanaki, A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maratimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153 to order, http://gnb.ca/0016/wolastoqiyik/history-e.asp for excerpts
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14
Instruction
The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003) www.goodminds.com to order
Thanks to the Animals (Sockabasin, A. 2005) http://www.tilburyhouse.com/Children's%20Frames/child_thanking.html to order and for audio
Wind Bird, Gift of the Mist (Bright, S. 2006)
Lessons from Turtle Island, Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (Jones, G. & Moomaw, S 2002)
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Cultural Continuity & Change
Teacher
Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)
Instruction
The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003) www.goodminds.com to orde.
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Sovereignty
Teacher
MITSC Website (general resource) http://www.mitsc.org/index.php
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims http://archives.weru.org/?s=land+claims
Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) http://media.learn.maine.edu/mdoe/MDOE_Sovereignty.mov
Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 http://www.library.umaine.edu/social/Fernandez/fulltext/Wabanaki/maineclaim.htm
Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28143089.html
Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/28659619.html
The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis at http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/Guides/nativeamerican.htm)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
Instruction
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Injustice
Teacher
Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 http://www.archive.org/stream/federalstateserv00unit/federalstateserv00unit_djvu.txt
Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/97258.html
Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) http://www.apcfnc.ca/indianschools.asp
Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)
Instruction
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Teacher resources are intended to provide information to deepen the teacher’s understanding of the outcome, topic or concept. Instructional resources are intended to facilitate instruction, student engagement and student learning at the stated grade span.
Worldview
Teacher
The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maratimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153 to order, http://gnb.ca/0016/wolastoqiyik/history-e.asp for excerpts
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14
Instruction
The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003) www.goodminds.com to order
Thanks to the Animals (Sockabasin, A. 2005) http://www.tilburyhouse.com/Children's%20Frames/child_thanking.html to order and for audio
Wind Bird, Gift of the Mist (Bright, S. 2006)
Abbe Museum Timeline www.abbemuseum.org
Native Americans Today, Resources and Activities for Educators Grades 4-8 (Hirschfelder, A. & Beamer, Y. 2000)
Lessons from Turtle Island, Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (Jones, G. & Moomaw, S 2002) (Gr. 3)
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Cultural Continuity & Change
Teacher
Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)
Instruction
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity www.abbemuseum.org/downlaods/timeline-curriculum.pdf (page 32-33) (Abbee Museum website)
The Penobscot (Jill Duvall Childrens Press 1993)
The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003) www.goodminds.com to order
The Hatchling's Journey (Domm, K. 2003)
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Sovereignty
Teacher
MITSC Website (general resource) http://www.mitsc.org/index.php
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims http://archives.weru.org/?s=land+claims
Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) http://media.learn.maine.edu/mdoe/MDOE_Sovereignty.mov
Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 http://www.library.umaine.edu/social/Fernandez/fulltext/Wabanaki/maineclaim.htm
Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28143089.html
Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/28659619.html
The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis at http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/Guides/nativeamerican.htm)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
Instruction
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Injustice
Teacher
Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 http://www.archive.org/stream/federalstateserv00unit/federalstateserv00unit_djvu.txt
Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/97258.html
Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) http://www.apcfnc.ca/indianschools.asp
Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)
Instruction
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Teacher resources are intended to provide information to deepen the teacher’s understanding of the outcome, topic or concept. Instructional resources are intended to facilitate instruction, student engagement and student learning at the stated grade span.
Worldview
Teacher
The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maratimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153 to order, http://gnb.ca/0016/wolastoqiyik/history-e.asp for excerpts
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14
Instruction
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Abbe Museum Timeline www.abbemuseum.org/pages/wabanaki/wabanaki-timeline.html
Native Americans Today, Resources and Activities for Educators Grades 4-8 (Hirschfelder, A. & Beamer, Y. 2000)
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Cultural Continuity & Change
Teacher
Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)
Instruction
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, N. 2003)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Abbe Museum’s Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity www.abbemuseum.org/downlaods/timeline-curriculum.pdf (page 32-33)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
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Sovereignty
Teacher
MITSC Website (general resource) http://www.mitsc.org/index.php
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims http://archives.weru.org/?s=land+claims
Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) http://media.learn.maine.edu/mdoe/MDOE_Sovereignty.mov
Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 http://www.library.umaine.edu/social/Fernandez/fulltext/Wabanaki/maineclaim.htm
Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28143089.html
Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/28659619.html
The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis at http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/Guides/nativeamerican.htm)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
Instruction
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D., D. 2008) – teacher selected excerpts
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
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Injustice
Teacher
Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 http://www.archive.org/stream/federalstateserv00unit/federalstateserv00unit_djvu.txt
Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/97258.html
Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) http://www.apcfnc.ca/indianschools.asp
Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)
Instruction
Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer (Wise, B. 2007) to order see www.leeandlow.com
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005) GRADE 8 - PREVIEW BEFORE STUDENT VIEWING
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Teacher resources are intended to provide information to deepen the teacher’s understanding of the outcome, topic or concept. Instructional resources are intended to facilitate instruction, student engagement and student learning at the stated grade span.
Worldview
Teacher
The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maratimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153 to order, http://gnb.ca/0016/wolastoqiyik/history-e.asp for excerpts
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14
Instruction
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Abbe Museum Timeline www.abbemuseum.org/pages/wabanaki/wabanaki-timeline.html
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Cultural Continuity & Change
Teacher
Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)
Instruction
A Wabanaki Guide to Maine http://www.dgbfoto.com/pdf/wabguide.pdf
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) http://mainehistorical.stores.yahoo.net/nourrepl.html to order
Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, N. 2003)
Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
Abbe Museum’s Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity www.abbemuseum.org/downlaods/timeline-curriculum.pdf (page 32-33)
Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
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Sovereignty
Teacher
MITSC Website (general resource) http://www.mitsc.org/index.php
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims http://archives.weru.org/?s=land+claims
Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) http://media.learn.maine.edu/mdoe/MDOE_Sovereignty.mov
Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 http://www.library.umaine.edu/social/Fernandez/fulltext/Wabanaki/maineclaim.htm
Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28143089.html
Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/28659619.html
The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis at http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/Guides/nativeamerican.htm)
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
Instruction
UTUBE LandClaims Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/nazgul/videos/1/
WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims http://archives.weru.org/?s=land+claims
Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) http://media.learn.maine.edu/mdoe/MDOE_Sovereignty.mov
HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28143089.html
Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/28659619.html
In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D., D. 2008) – teacher selected excerpts
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Injustice
Teacher
Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 http://www.archive.org/stream/federalstateserv00unit/federalstateserv00unit_djvu.txt
Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/97258.html
Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) http://www.apcfnc.ca/indianschools.asp
Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)
Instruction
Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) http://www.apcfnc.ca/indianschools.asp
Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005) GRADE 8 - PREVIEW BEFORE STUDENT VIEWING
Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/97258.html
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