Malecite
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Malecite is an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, traditionally inhabiting regions of present-day New Brunswick in Canada and parts of Maine in the United States.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Wabanaki people ⓘ |
| colonialContact |
British colonists
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAffiliation | Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maliseet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Kingsclear First Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Mary's First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobique First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodstock First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnonymMeaning | people of the beautiful river ⓘ |
| historicalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| mainRiver |
Saint John River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolastoq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernPoliticalOrganization | First Nations band governments ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProvinceOrState | New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | First Nation in Canada ⓘ |
| region |
Atlantic Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Abenaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mi'kmaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Passamaquoddy NERFINISHED ⓘ Penobscot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
Traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksLanguageFamily | Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | wigwam ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint John River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolastoq (Saint John River) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTransportation | birchbark canoe ⓘ |
| treatyHistory | entered treaties with British Crown ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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