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Maine Song and Story Sampler

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Green Corn Dance, Teresa Sappier Jan 1976

Green Corn Dance, Teresa Sappier

Maine Song and Story Sampler

The "Green Corn Dance" (or simply "Corn Dance") is a Penobscot song and dance tradition based on the legend of the first mother that tells of the origin of important horticultural plants. Briefly, the legend tells how first mother was sad because there was no food for her children.


Kluskap And His Twin Brother, Viola Solomon, Henrietta Black Nov 1962

Kluskap And His Twin Brother, Viola Solomon, Henrietta Black

Maine Song and Story Sampler

The story heard here is one of many Wabanaki tales of Kluskap, a Wabanaki culture-hero.