Wolastoqiyik

E809410

First Nations people Indigenous people Wabanaki people

Wolastoqiyik are an Indigenous people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, traditionally inhabiting the Saint John River valley in what is now New Brunswick, Canada, and parts of Maine.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wolastoqey (people and language)	1
Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Wabanaki people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Malecite NERFINISHED ⓘ Maliseet NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialRiverName	Saint John River NERFINISHED ⓘ
confederacyRole	ally within the Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
contemporaryIssue	land and treaty rights ⓘ language revitalization efforts ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonym	Wolastoqiyik NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBodyInCanada	Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunity	Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingsclear First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Madawaska Maliseet First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Mary's First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobique First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodstock First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalActivity	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ riverine travel by canoe ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus	endangered language community ⓘ
language	Wolastoqey language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
memberOf	Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint John River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Algonquian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	First Nation in Canada ⓘ federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Abenaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Mi'kmaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Passamaquoddy NERFINISHED ⓘ Penobscot NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
riverName	Wolastoq NERFINISHED ⓘ
selfDesignationMeaning	People of the Beautiful River NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Aroostook River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Madawaska region NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolastoq (Saint John River) NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ western New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyHistory	Peace and Friendship Treaties in the Maritimes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Wolastoq → associatedPeople → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

Wabanaki peoples → hasMember → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

Maliseet people → nativeName → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

Wolastoq → relatedEthnonym → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

Wolastoq → relatedName → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wolastoqey (people and language)

Peace and Friendship Treaties → signatory → Wolastoqiyik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)