Malecite

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Malecite is an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, traditionally inhabiting regions of present-day New Brunswick in Canada and parts of Maine in the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malecite canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Wabanaki people ⓘ
colonialContact British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalAffiliation Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
hasAlternativeName Maliseet ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik ⓘ
hasCommunity Kingsclear First Nation ⓘ
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation ⓘ
St. Mary's First Nation ⓘ
Tobique First Nation ⓘ
Woodstock First Nation ⓘ
hasEthnonymMeaning people of the beautiful river ⓘ
historicalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
mainRiver Saint John River ⓘ
Wolastoq ⓘ
memberOf Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
modernPoliticalOrganization First Nations band governments ⓘ
primaryCountry Canada ⓘ
primaryProvinceOrState New Brunswick ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada ⓘ
region Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki ⓘ
Mi'kmaq ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Passamaquoddy ⓘ
Penobscot ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
speaksLanguage Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ
speaksLanguageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwam ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Maine ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Saint John River valley ⓘ
Wolastoq (Saint John River) ⓘ
linked to: Wolastoq
traditionalTransportation birchbark canoe ⓘ
treatyHistory entered treaties with British Crown ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Maliseet → alsoKnownAs → Malecite ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik → alsoKnownAs → Malecite ⓘ