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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maliseet | 6 |
| Maliseet people canonical | 5 |
| Maliseet peoples | 1 |
| Wolastoqey people | 1 |
| Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2431570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Maliseet people Context triple: [Penobscot people, relatedEthnicGroup, Maliseet people]
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Algonquin people
The Algonquin people are an Indigenous First Nations group of the Algonquian language family traditionally inhabiting the Ottawa River valley in what is now Canada.
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Mohawk people
The Mohawk people are an Indigenous nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy traditionally inhabiting areas of what are now upstate New York and southeastern Canada.
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Tataviam people
The Tataviam people are a Native American group indigenous to the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas of Southern California, traditionally speaking a Uto-Aztecan language and maintaining distinct cultural practices tied to the region’s mountains and river valleys.
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Naskapi
Naskapi are an Indigenous people of the Subarctic region of Canada, closely related to the Innu and known for their traditional nomadic caribou-hunting culture and Innu-aimun language.
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Pocumtuck people
The Pocumtuck people were an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Connecticut River Valley in present-day western Massachusetts, largely displaced and decimated by 17th-century English colonial expansion and warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Maliseet people Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Algonquin people
The Algonquin people are an Indigenous First Nations group of the Algonquian language family traditionally inhabiting the Ottawa River valley in what is now Canada.
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B.
Mohawk people
The Mohawk people are an Indigenous nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy traditionally inhabiting areas of what are now upstate New York and southeastern Canada.
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C.
Tataviam people
The Tataviam people are a Native American group indigenous to the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas of Southern California, traditionally speaking a Uto-Aztecan language and maintaining distinct cultural practices tied to the region’s mountains and river valleys.
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D.
Naskapi
Naskapi are an Indigenous people of the Subarctic region of Canada, closely related to the Innu and known for their traditional nomadic caribou-hunting culture and Innu-aimun language.
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E.
Pocumtuck people
The Pocumtuck people were an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Connecticut River Valley in present-day western Massachusetts, largely displaced and decimated by 17th-century English colonial expansion and warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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Subject: Maliseet people Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
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