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The Creator
Preserves Trees
Chloé
Penobscot
Grade: 6
Indian Island School
Monotype print
The arms are the great creator’s arms.
He holds the tree carefully giving it life.
He wants all Native Americans to preserve
trees by putting back what they take and not
removing all of them. The trees of the forest
give me life.
Untitled
Kelly
Passamaquoddy
Grade: 7
Beatrice Rafferty School
Pencil and tempera paint
I painted this after we studied Norval Morrisseau
and his black line painting.
I chose a bear because a bear is my spirit
guide. My picture shows that the bear is expecting
a baby bear and in the baby’s stomach
is a simple Passamaquoddy design. In the background,
upper right corner, I put a bear paw to show
the power of the bear
Clear Cutting
Ashley
Passamaquoddy
Grade: 11
Calais High School
Indian ink, chalk, paint
My picture is on clear cutting. I think that
it’s sad to see all of the trees that
are being wiped out and wasted.
Autumn’s Autumn
Autumn
Passamaquoddy
Grade: Kindergarten
Indian Township School
Crayon, felt tip marker and tempera
It is Autumn and the flowers are in the forest,
and there are blue birds in the trees.
Porcupine Makes It to the
Other Side
Christian
Passamaquoddy
Grade: Kindergarten
Beatrice Rafferty School
Felt tip marker
This is a picture of a porcupine crossing
the road. He is crossing the road because
he wants to get to the safer side. He doesn’t
want to be on the right side because the bears
will attack him. The other side has nicer
bears.
My Life in the Forest
Danielle
Penobscot
Grade: 2
Indian Island School
Watercolor, India ink, oil, pastel
When I grow up I hope to live in the forest.
Living in the forest, I would be able to do
a lot of different things. I would be able
to sit peacefully and listen to all the animals.
I would also be able to have great big flowers
and vegetable gardens. Once my gardens are
all grown up, I could can my vegetables for
the winter months. Years ago the Indians use
to live and survive off the lands and that
is what I want to do! I would like to sit
down and work on my artwork. I could draw
the different animals and plants that I see.
It would be peaceful if I would ever get to
live in the forest.
Skitahqem
Frances
Passamaquoddy
Grade: 7
Indian Township School
Paper maché, found objects, basswood,
woodburning
In one legend, Koluskap leaves the Earth and
says whoever finds him is rewarded one wish.
One man wishes to live forever, so Koluskap
turns him into a tree.
skitahqem.
noun animate. (log, trunk) outer wood, sapwood.
plural skitahqemok. possessed uskitahqemomol.
–From the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary,
Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute, UNB Libraries’
Electronic Centre <http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Maliseet/dictionary>
Hawk Dance
Kuhas
Passamaquoddy
Grade: 2
Indian Township School
Felt tip marker and pencil
One hawk is playing with the other hawk, and
they are dancing in the sky. They live in
the forest near where I live.
Moonrise
Lindsey
Passamaquoddy
Grade: 2
Indian Township School
Cut paper
My Grammy Faye likes the moonrise. We see
it every month. We are lucky to live in a
place this beautiful. We are proud to be American
Indians.
Winter’s Sunset
Keyana
Penobscot
Grade: 1
Indian Island School
Styrofoam block print
I used Styrofoam to make my design. I used
blue, purple, red and yellow. I picked those
colors because they are my favorite. It looks
like a sunset because of the red and yellow
colors. The trees are special to animals in
the wintertime. They use the trees in the
forest for a home.
