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    Sandra Bassett, a member of the Passamaquoddy Nation, beats a drum as fourth-graders from Presumpscot Elementary School return to their bus after a visit to Mackworth Island to learn about Wabanaki history and culture on Tuesday.

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    Fourth graders from Longfellow Elementary School walk the path around Mackworth Island while on a field trip to learn about Wabanaki history and culture.

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    Sandra Bassett, a member of the Passamaquoddy Nation, gives a lesson on traditional birch bark canoe making to fourth graders from Longfelow Elementary School during a field trip to Mackworth Island to learn about Wabanaki history and culture on Tuesday.

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    Victor Silva, left, Junior, and Cristina Nkoy Gitoga, fourth graders from Presumpscot Elementary School, wait to receive a small amount of loose tobacco from Sandra Bassett, a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, to offer to the waters of Casco Bay as a gesture of gratitude during a lesson on traditional birch bark canoe making while visiting Mackworth Island to learn about Wabanaki history and culture.

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    Fourth-graders from Longfellow Elementary School surround Chris Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Nation, as he discusses stone and bone tools during a field trip to Mackworth Island to learn about Wabanaki history and culture. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer)

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