Maliseet
The Wəlastəkwewiyik or Maliseet or Malecite were a Native American group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands. They spoke Algonquian and were a First Nation. They were part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The region includes Quebec, New Brunswick and parts of Maine. Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine is a federally recognized Maliseet tribe in the United States. It is considered one the first foreign allies of the United States.
Maliseet Communities
[change | change source]- Maine, United States
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians (Metaksonekiyak Wolastoqewiyik)[1]
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Kingsclear First Nation (Pilick Wəlastəkwewiyik)[2]
- Madawaska Maliseet First Nation (Matowesekok Wəlastəkwewiyik)[2]
- Oromocto First Nation (Welamoktuk) [3]
- St. Mary's First Nation (Sitansisk Wolastoqiyik)[4]
- Tobique First Nation (Wolastoqiyik Neqotkuk)[5]
- Woodstock First Nation (Wetstak)[2]
- Quebec, Canada
- Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk (Viger) First Nation (Wahsipekuk)[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal - "Metaksonekiyak: on or along Meduxnekeag River (Maine and New Brunswick); in the territory of the Houlton Band of Maliseets
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Girard, Camil, and Carl Brisson. Essay. In Alliances Et traités Avec Les Peuples Autochtones Du Québec: L'histoire De La Première Nation Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk: La Nation Malécite Du Saint-Laurent, 148. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2021.
- ↑ Betts, Sarah. “Oromocto's All-Weekend Powwow Builds on Last Year's Success | CBC News.” CBC news. CBC/Radio Canada, July 21, 2017. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/oromocto-pow-wow-full-weekend-1.4216564.
- ↑ St. Mary’s Wolastoqiyik
- ↑ Tobique First Nation Website
- ↑ Première Nation Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk