Malécites

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Wabanaki people
colonialContactWith British colonists
French colonists
countryToday Canada
United States
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Wabanaki territory
hasAlternativeName Maliseet Nation
linked to: Maliseet

Malécite
hasAutonym Wolastoqiyik
hasCommunity Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Kingsclear First Nation
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
St. Mary's First Nation
Tobique First Nation
Woodstock First Nation
hasNameInEnglish Maliseet
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageStatus endangered
memberOf Wabanaki Confederacy
partOf Indigenous peoples of Canada
Native American peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
primaryProvinceInCanada New Brunswick
primaryStateInUSA Maine
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada
Native American tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
Mi'kmaq
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
religion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spirituality
speaksLanguage Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
traditionalRiver Saint John River
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
small-scale agriculture
traditionalTerritory Maine
New Brunswick
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Saint John River valley
treatyHistoryRegion Maritime provinces of Canada
linked to: Maritime Provinces

New England
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Maliseet people alternativeName Malécites