Food
What river provided drinking water and food for the Penobscots?
What is the Penobscot?
What was a common mode of transportation for the Penobscots?
What is a Canoe?
What type of tree is used to make baskets by the Penobscots?
What is Brown Ash?
What mountain is located in the center of Penobscot homeland?
what is Mt Katahdin?
Why did the Penobscots settle on the Penobscot River?
The River provided drinking water and food for the animals and people, water for plants used for food and medicine, and transportation.
Name two methods the Penobscots used for fishing.
What are spears and nets?
Why were portages important for the Penobscots?
To be able to navigate obstacles in the river
Identify one berry that grows in the Penobscot homeland.
What is a strawberry?
Name one river that flows through the Penobscot homeland.
What is the Penobscot River?
What did the Penobscots use for transportation?
They used canoes and boats, as well as snowshoes for winter hunting.
Which fish are commonly found in the waters around Penobscot?
What are Salmon and trout?
What are the two main types of canoes used by the Penobscots?
What are dugouts and birch bark canoes?
What plant is known for its fiddlehead ferns, a traditional food?
What is the Ostrich Fern?
What is an important feature of the landscape that supports wildlife?
What are wetlands?
Name two types of fish caught by the Penobscots.
Trout and salmon (other acceptable answers include bass, sturgeon, shad, or alewives).
What was the purpose of drying fish?
What is for preserving them for future use?
How did the Penobscots navigate their waterways?
By using maps and landmarks
Name a tree that provides medicinal properties to the Penobscots.
What is the Birch Tree?
What type of forest is common in the Penobscot area?
What is a coniferous forest?
What is the purpose of a weir in fishing?
A weir is a trap used for catching fish, allowing for a more efficient way to fish.
List three plants that were used for food and medicine by the Penobscots.
Blueberries, Fiddleheads, and cattails?
What modern program is mentioned that focuses on canoe building for Indigenous students?
What is the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program?
What is the significance of hemlock trees in the Penobscot culture?
What is for use in traditional medicine and crafting?
Identify a significant portage route on the Penobscot River.
What is the route from Bangor to Orono?
What do the place names in the Passadumkeag area represent?
The place names represent locations in a Native American language, showing the cultural significance of the area.