Maliseet

E226633
Algonquian-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people

The Maliseet are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally inhabiting areas of present-day New Brunswick, Quebec, and Maine.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Maliseet canonical 6
Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) 2
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Malecite ⓘ
Wolastoq ⓘ
surface form: Wolastoqiyik
colonialContactWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
culturalHeritage ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
linguisticRelation Passamaquoddy people ⓘ
surface form: Passamaquoddy
modernIssue land rights ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
self-government ⓘ
nameMeaning people of the beautiful river ⓘ
nativeLanguage Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ
partOf Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
primaryRiver Saint John River ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada ⓘ
Native American tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki ⓘ
Mi’kmaq ⓘ
surface form: Mi'kmaq

Passamaquoddy ⓘ
Penobscot ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Wolastoq ⓘ
surface form: Wolastoqiyik
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwam ⓘ
traditionalRegion Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Maine ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
treatyHistoryWith British Crown ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Wabanaki Confederacy → hasMember → Maliseet ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Maliseet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolastoqey (Maliseet)
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language → ethnicity → Maliseet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)
Saint John River → associatedPeople → Maliseet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)
Maritime Provinces → ethnicGroup → Maliseet ⓘ
Algonquian peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Maliseet ⓘ
People of the Dawn → associatedWithPeople → Maliseet ⓘ
Algic → includesLanguage → Maliseet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maliseet-Passamaquoddy
First Nations and Tribal governments in Maine and New Brunswick → hasEthnicGroup → Maliseet ⓘ
Wolastoq → associatedPeople → Maliseet ⓘ