U & D

One of the media resources identified for middle and high school Native studies in Maine’s Wabanaki Studies – Suggested Curriculum Integration is a DVD (or video) called Homeland – Four Portraits of Native Action.  It was a new resource to me (how I did I miss it?), so I have checked it out – and [...]

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“One way to remain an indigenous person within a rapidly changing world is to uphold the philosophy, or spirit, of the teachings of our elders and ancestors. The ancestors provided a moral code, a way of living, and ways of interpreting and relating to the rest of the universe. This philosophy was not just [...]

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Middle School teachers seeking an avenue into Worldview might consider the contemporary Slow Food movement – championed by Indian Country – as a point of discussion. Sustainability is certainly an element in this movement, as is environmental preservation. Begun as part of an Italian protest against MacDonalds, the movement has grown in this [...]

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This post owes a debt to Donna Loring, who said to me once, “It’s all about economics.” Economy is an important word on the Word Wall. Take a minute, if you have time, to read Loring’s blog posts on Tribal Economics and Part II. This is the ongoing story of the deliberate scattering – destruction [...]

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The summer issue of American Indian, the member’s publication of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, highlights Theresa Secord (Penobscot) on page 32. They include a photo of her and of her great-grandmother and teacher, Philomene Nelson. Theresa was a founder of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. In the article, she [...]

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