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.

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Malecite canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Wabanaki people
colonialContact British colonists
French colonists
country Canada
United States
culturalAffiliation Wabanaki Confederacy
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
hasAlternativeName Maliseet
Wolastoqiyik
hasCommunity Kingsclear First Nation
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
St. Mary's First Nation
Tobique First Nation
Woodstock First Nation
hasEthnonymMeaning people of the beautiful river
historicalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
small-scale agriculture
languageStatus endangered language
mainRiver Saint John River
Wolastoq
memberOf Wabanaki Confederacy
modernPoliticalOrganization First Nations band governments
primaryCountry Canada
primaryProvinceOrState New Brunswick
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada
region Atlantic Canada
Northeastern United States
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
Mi'kmaq
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
religion Roman Catholicism
Traditional Indigenous spirituality
speaksLanguage Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
speaksLanguageFamily Algonquian languages
traditionalHousing wigwam
traditionalTerritory Maine
New Brunswick
Saint John River valley
Wolastoq (Saint John River)
linked to: Wolastoq
traditionalTransportation birchbark canoe
treatyHistory entered treaties with British Crown
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Maliseet alsoKnownAs Malecite
Wolastoqiyik alsoKnownAs Malecite