Non-Maine Native American History Videos
Natives of the Narrowland
Long before the sailing ships of European explorers ventured to the "New World," prehistoric pioneers followed herds of caribou, mammoth and mastodon to the fragile strip of sand that we know as Cape Cod. These were the first Cape Codders, "People of the First Light," and theirs is an unwritten history stretching back more than 10, 000 years into the chilled mists of the last ice age. 35 min.
The Silent Enemy (a silent film)
The struggles of an Ojibway band to survive the harshness of freezing winters and starvation – the silent enemy. One of the film’s stars is Molly “Spotted Elk” Nelson, a Penobscot Indian whose life story was presented in the Abbe’s exhibition, The Four Mollys: Women of the Dawn. 83 minutes.