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Lesson
4: Mapping the Wabanaki Tribes of Maine
Class
time needed: 30 minutes
- Materials
A map of Maine showing cities and towns
The Wabanaki Tribes of Maine blank
map for each student
Teacher Key to the Wabanaki Tribes
of Maine map
Sticky notes
- Objectives
Students will be able to identify the
reservations/tribal lands of the four
Wabanaki tribes.
- Introduction
Using a map of Maine today and the clues
provided, students will locate the Penobscot,
Passamaquoddy, Micmac and Maliseet tribal
headquarters today.
- Procedure
1. Hand out The Wabanaki Tribes
of Maine blank map to each student.
2. Have a classroom map of Maine with
cities and towns available for students
to reference.
3. Using the map of Maine today and
the clues provided on the worksheet,
invite students to locate the Penobscot,
Passamaquoddy, Micmac and Maliseet tribal
headquarters today.
Make sure students write the name
of the town or reservation and the name
of the tribe.
4. Students may work in pairs or small
groups.
5. Once students are done, check accuracy
by asking students to identify on the
classroom map the reservations and tribal
lands. Make sure students identify
the name of the town or reservation
and the name of the tribe.
6. Use sticky notes to capture this
information on the classroom map. Keep
it there for the duration of the unit
for student reference.
- Debriefing
1. What area of the state are the reservations
and tribal lands located?
2. Native people inhabited the entire
state before Europeans arrived. Why
do you think there are no tribal lands
in the central and southern part of
the state today?
3. Did you come across any Wabanaki
place names while referencing the classroom
map of Maine? What are they?
4. What might those names tell you about
where Wabanaki people lived in the past?
5. How can we use what we’ve learned
in this lesson to help us better understand
Wabanaki history and culture?
CLUES
1. This tribe has one reservation near
Perry, Maine, and one reservation near
Princeton, Maine.
2. The Passamaquoddy have a reservation
called ”Indian Township.”
3. The Penobscot Indian Nation’s
reservation is called “Indian
Island.”
4. This tribe’s reservation is
located on an island situated in a prominent
Maine river. The river shares its name
with the tribe.
5. This tribe’s offices are located
in Littleton, Maine.
6. The Passamaquoddy have a reservation
called “Pleasant Point.”
7. This tribe’s headquarters are
located near the town of Presque Isle,
ME.
8. Both the Houlton Band of Maliseets
Indians and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs
have tribal land in Aroostook county.
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