Abenaki Life Long Ago
What are their houses called?
Wigwams
What are their celebrations called?
Powwows
What do they use as medicine?
What do they do to preserve their culture?
Tell stories
What kind of people are the Abenaki?
Native Americans
What kind of tree did they use for their houses?
Birch
What are three customs?
Storytelling, plants, songs
What do they make from the pine tree?
Tea
How do they feel about their culture?
Pride
Where are two places the Abenaki live?
New England and Canada
What jobs did the Abenaki do?
Hunters, fishers, farmers.
What are their stories about?
nature
What does the pine tree medicine cure?
Sore throats and colds
What do their customs and traditions do?
Connect the Abenaki to the past.
In the East
What crops did they grow?
Corn, beans, squash
What is the lesson the story about corn teaches?
Farming
What modern medicine comes from plants
Aspirin
What does Abenaki mean?
Dawn Land Place
What is the story genre?
Informational Text
Which direction did their doors open?
East to the dawn
How should children treat their elders?
Be respectful, polite and kind
What is their language called?
Algonquin
Who wrote the story?
Joseph Bruchac