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.

All labels observed (5)

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Maliseet 6
Maliseet people canonical 5
Maliseet peoples 1

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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 of America
surface form: United States
culturalAffiliation Wabanaki peoples
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
First Nations and Tribal governments in Maine and New Brunswick
surface form: 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
surface form: Abenaki people

Mi’kmaq
surface form: Mi'kmaq people

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
surface form: Saint John River valley

present-day New Brunswick
present-day northeastern Maine
treatyHistory Peace and Friendship Treaties
surface form: Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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

Penobscot people relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language spokenBy Maliseet people
Third Indian War participant Maliseet people
Mi’kmaq relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Indigenous peoples of New England hasSubgroup Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Passamaquoddy relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Father Rale's War involvedIndigenousGroup Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Dawnland traditionalHomelandOf Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Wabanaki peoples hasMember Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet
Eastern Abenaki languages spokenBy Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Maliseet peoples
Passamaquoddy people relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
First Nations and Tribal governments in Maine and New Brunswick associatedWith Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Wolastoqey people
Tobique River associatedWith Maliseet people
this entity surface form: Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people