Keywords: Birch trees
Item 104965
Wabanaki birch bark container, Greenville, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Greenville Media: Birchbark
Item 6650
Penobscot root club, Poland Springs, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Poland Spring Media: Birch, paint
Exhibit
Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
Exhibit
The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest
Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History
"The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only. I named it Isle des Monts Déserts. The latitude is 44° 30'.” (This quote came from MEMOIR OF…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"… of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch bark—which he somehow lost. A “fishy” story, now legendary. In 1761, Somes built his Mt."
Lesson Plan
Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.
