Malécites

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Malécites are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, traditionally inhabiting the Saint John River valley in what is now New Brunswick, Canada, and parts of Maine, USA.

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Malécites canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Wabanaki people ⓘ
colonialContactWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
countryToday Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Wabanaki territory ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Maliseet Nation ⓘ
linked to: Maliseet

Malécite ⓘ
hasAutonym Wolastoqiyik ⓘ
hasCommunity Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians ⓘ
Kingsclear First Nation ⓘ
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation ⓘ
St. Mary's First Nation ⓘ
Tobique First Nation ⓘ
Woodstock First Nation ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish Maliseet ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
memberOf Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Canada ⓘ
Native American peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
primaryProvinceInCanada New Brunswick ⓘ
primaryStateInUSA Maine ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada ⓘ
Native American tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki ⓘ
Mi'kmaq ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Passamaquoddy ⓘ
Penobscot ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
speaksLanguage Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ
traditionalRiver Saint John River ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Maine ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Saint John River valley ⓘ
treatyHistoryRegion Maritime provinces of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Provinces

New England ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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

Maliseet people → alternativeName → Malécites ⓘ