Maliseet people

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The Maliseet people are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy, traditionally inhabiting the Saint John River valley in what is now northeastern Maine and New Brunswick.

All labels observed (5)

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Maliseet 6
Maliseet people canonical 5
Maliseet peoples 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Wabanaki nation
alternativeName Malecite people
Malécites
country Canada
United States
culturalAffiliation Wabanaki peoples
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Wolastoqiyik communities in New Brunswick
hasOrganization Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Wolastoqiyik First Nations in New Brunswick
historicalContact British colonists
French colonists
language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageStatus endangered
nativeName Wolastoqiyik
notableRiver Saint John River
partOf Wabanaki Confederacy
primaryProvinceOrState Maine
New Brunswick
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada
federally recognized tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki

Mi'kmaq people
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Passamaquoddy people
Penobscot people
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional Indigenous spirituality
selfDesignationMeaning people of the beautiful river
traditionalCraft basketry
birchbark canoe building
woodworking
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalHousing wigwams
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
horticulture
hunting
traditionalTerritory Saint John River valley
linked to: Saint John River

present-day New Brunswick
present-day northeastern Maine
treatyHistory Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penobscot people relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language spokenBy Maliseet people
Third Indian War participant Maliseet people
Mi’kmaq relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Indigenous peoples of New England hasSubgroup Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Passamaquoddy relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Father Rale's War involvedIndigenousGroup Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Dawnland traditionalHomelandOf Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Wabanaki peoples hasMember Maliseet
linked to: Maliseet people
Eastern Abenaki languages spokenBy Maliseet peoples
linked to: Maliseet people
Passamaquoddy people relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
First Nations and Tribal governments in Maine and New Brunswick associatedWith Wolastoqey people
linked to: Maliseet people
Tobique River associatedWith Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people
linked to: Maliseet people