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.

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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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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
Acadian militia → alliedWith → Maliseet ⓘ
linked to: Maliseet people
Malecite Amis → traditionalSpeakers → Maliseet people ⓘ
Malecite Amis → ethnicLanguageOf → Maliseet people ⓘ
Treaty of 1725 → signatory → Maliseet leaders ⓘ
linked to: Maliseet people
Miramichi Fire of 1825 → affectedGroup → Maliseet people ⓘ
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians → associatedWith → Maliseet First Nations in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Maliseet people
Malecite people → alternateName → Maliseet people ⓘ