It is known that in the nineteenth century these Catholic missions were instrumental in the introduction of European style floral designs among the various
Wabanaki groups, revolutionizing the repertoire of decorative designs both for indigenous use and also for the emerging market for Native beadwork souvenirs.
document the history of the
Wabanaki people in the child welfare system;
Over the course of the book, Chmielewski uses a variety of terms to describe the history of English encounter with French and
Wabanaki Catholicism.
These four bands are collectively known as the
Wabanaki, or "People of the Dawn." Maine's history as Vacationland has come at the expense of Maine's Indigenous peoples and their land.
(4) Carolyn Morrison, Kathleen Fox, Terry Cross, and Roger Paul, "Permanency Through
Wabanaki Eyes: A Narrative Perspective from 'The People Who Live Where the Sun Rises,'" Child Welfare 89, 1 (2010): 108.
The
Wabanaki Nations of Maine and eastern Canada have been in contact with Europeans longer than other indigenous North Americans, with the exception of Norse-Inuit encounters and Spanish incursions into the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (Prins,1996; Fitzhugh & Ward, 2000).
Care is taken to offer perspectives of common people who take advantage of the dire events, as well as those who stand against the inhumanities; still, both the Germans and the
Wabanaki Indians are portrayed simply as killers.
Chavaree, "Tribal Sovereignty,"
Wabanaki Legal News, Winter 1998, http://www.ptla.org/ wabanaki/sovereighn.htm.
Together they explored the artistic use of petroglyphs carved into stone throughout the Maritime provinces by the
Wabanaki who were part of the ancient Eastern Woodland culture.
I thought of the
Wabanaki women, waiting in their caves, their faces red in the fire glow; I thought of Grandmom in my dream, pointing up the mountain, and of me and Trev lifting our eyes to follow the line her arm painted against the sky.
Bilodeau weaves a fascinating tale of how Jesuit missionaries to the
Wabanaki sought to control their subjects through internal policing, the use of the state, and, ultimately, deception.