Passamaquoddy

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The Passamaquoddy are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally living around the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay in what is now Maine and New Brunswick, and are part of the larger Wabanaki cultural and political alliance.

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Passamaquoddy canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Maritime Northeast
culture Wabanaki peoples
surface form: Wabanaki culture
ethnicGroupOf Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
governingBodyInMaine Passamaquoddy Tribal Government
hasFederallyRecognizedTribe Passamaquoddy people
surface form: Passamaquoddy Tribe
hasMusicTradition Passamaquoddy songs and drumming
hasOralTradition Passamaquoddy oral history
hasReservation Indian Township Reservation
Pleasant Point Reservation
hasTreatyHistoryWith British Crown
United States government
language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
surface form: Passamaquoddy language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
legalStatus sovereign tribal nation within the United States
nameMeaning pollock-spearing place
notableLegalIssue land claims in Maine
partOf Wabanaki Confederacy
politicalAlliance Wabanaki Confederacy
primaryProvince New Brunswick
primaryState Maine
recognizedAsFirstNationIn New Brunswick
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
Maliseet people
surface form: Maliseet

Mi’kmaq
surface form: Mi'kmaq

Penobscot
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
reservationIn Maine
traditionalCraft basketry
woodworking
traditionalHousing wigwam
traditionalRegion Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Bay of Fundy
surface form: Bay of Fundy region

Passamaquoddy Bay
surface form: Passamaquoddy Bay region

present-day Maine
New Brunswick, Canada
surface form: present-day New Brunswick
usesEndonym Peskotomuhkati

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