AGAINST THE DARKNESS SYSTEM

DVD (Disc I) QUICK START

Insert the “Disc I” Disc in DVD Player (may not play well in all computer DVD drives).

The Opening Sequence will play with sound and then the Main Menu will appear. You can use your TV remote to navigate the menus. You can return to the previous menu or Main (top) menu from each menu.

In The Main Menu you may choose Play all, which will play the Against the Darkness movie straight through. You may also choose the Chapters or Special Features sub-menus.

In The Chapters Menu you may choose the Prologue or any one of the Children Chapters, or return to the Main Menu.

In The Special Features Menu, you may choose to go to the Historical Interviews menu, see Governor Douglas sign the Abenaki Recognition Bill, the Circle of Courage Youth Group practice dancing, or a preview of the next movie in the Against the Darkness series.

In the Interviews Menu, you many choose from one of four historical interviews, dealing with all periods from the late 18^th century to the Civil War to today.

AGAINST THE DARKNESS SYSTEM

CD (Disc II) QUICK START

Insert the “Disc II” Disc in CD Player of your computer, it should self-load and display the Against the Darkness Resources CD menu and introduction on the screen. It may not “open” on all computer CD drives, especially those in older computers. In that case open the drive in your computer’s web browser, and you can choose the files there. It will work just like a web site.

Once you are in the main menu you may read the short introduction to the right or explore the various topics listed on the left.

On the left of your screen are a series of text files on the historical and modern Abenakis’ geography, arts, beliefs and politics, arranged by topic (signified by the “l” bullet to its left). These include, in order from top to bottom--a “Resources” section, “Bibliographies,” “Modern Issues,” “Genealogy,” “History,” “Religion/ceremony/politics”, “Geography,” “Clothing,” “Games,” and “Ethnobiology” (the use of plants and animals). Please note that these are not sub-menus but merely a classifying of data sets by topic.

You may click on any of the data sets (signified by the “¡” bullet to its left) and it will bring up the list, timeline, bibliography or article. Each article has a “Back to main menu” option or you can use your web Browser’s ç (back) button.

Within each data set you may see a file name highlighted in blue. This will call up a photo in the CD photo file system. If you are interested in information on the chosen picture, it is listed by the file-name in the “CD Image Database” (second data set from the top on the left), which will give you more detail about the object or image.