RANGELEY — James Francis, tribal historian of the Penobscot Nation, and Raney Bench, educator from the Abbe Museum, visited Rangeley Lakes Regional School students in kindergarten through grade eight on Nov. 10.

The Abbe Museum is located in Bar Harbor and inspires learning about the Wabanaki nations. Presentations for students in kindergarten through grade five focused on knowledge of how Native Americans of the 1600s lived off the land.

Francis and Raney took the students on a journey through the four seasons, teaching them how Native Americans built shelter, made clothes and hunted for food. Their presentations supported ongoing classroom instruction.

Students in grades six through eight were challenged to explore stereotypes they might hold relating to Native Americans both historically and in the present.

The learning opportunity was sponsored by the Rangeley Friends of the Arts.