Passamaquoddy & Maliseet documentaries (Brunswick: how much, school, live)

[maureenb]

Something Maine a little different:

Friends have been working on documenting the language & culture of the Passamaquoddy & Maliseet people of Eastern Maine & New Brunswick. I ran into Ben this morning, and he gave me this link to their project:
Passamaquoddy/ Maliseet videos (http://vre.lib.unb.ca/passadrupal/videos - broken link)

[retiredtinbender]

Quite a few folks from the tribe here worked on this. I noticed some in the videos. One friend of mine said it was a shame the kids only wanted to learn the swear words. In the end, we have more similarities , in the area off kids anyway, then not. It's good they keep the language going. A lot of hard work by a lot of people. They were recognized by UMO at a graduation a few yeears back.

[Kracer]

Very interesting....curious as I recently heard about the Ancient Maritimes, a paleo indian tribe of Nova Scotia.

Any mention of the Ancient Maritimes in the any of their work?

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by retiredtinbender

Quite a few folks from the tribe here worked on this. I noticed some in the videos. One friend of mine said it was a shame the kids only wanted to learn the swear words. In the end, we have more similarities , in the area off kids anyway, then not. It's good they keep the language going. A lot of hard work by a lot of people. They were recognized by UMO at a graduation a few yeears back.

We used to have a lot of school kids out here for pony rides, to milk goats, fun experiments, start seeds in cups, and such. The preschool/K class from Peter Dana Point came out one morning. Before getting on the bus to leave, the kids sang to me in Passamaquoddy. I didn't know what the song was until they got to E I E I O. That's one of the things from hundreds of kids that I'll never forget.

[tcrackly]

I greatly applaud these efforts to preserve Native languages and tongues. Average Mainers, especially traditional sportsmen, doesn't realize how much of these cultures we have already absorbed and adopted through place and tool names as well as hunting, trapping and fishing practices.
Keeping alive the language of the various Native peoples of Maine is a worthy goal for our local and national culture.

I've been searching for years for a hunting prayer that Native speakers use to thank the harvested animal for giving up its body to the hunter. It's a ritualized form of conservation that cements our connection to the land and its inhabitants.

[retiredtinbender]

Originally Posted by Maine Writer

We used to have a lot of school kids out here for pony rides, to milk goats, fun experiments, start seeds in cups, and such. The preschool/K class from Peter Dana Point came out one morning. Before getting on the bus to leave, the kids sang to me in Passamaquoddy. I didn't know what the song was until they got to E I E I O. That's one of the things from hundreds of kids that I'll never forget.

Very cool. Thanks for the smile.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by Maine Writer

We used to have a lot of school kids out here for pony rides, to milk goats, fun experiments, start seeds in cups, and such. The preschool/K class from Peter Dana Point came out one morning. Before getting on the bus to leave, the kids sang to me in Passamaquoddy. I didn't know what the song was until they got to E I E I O. That's one of the things from hundreds of kids that I'll never forget.

old Mcwriter had a farm......