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Maliseet/Malécites
A
tribe closely related to the Micmac
that lived along the Saint John River in New Brunswick.
Their territory stretched north beyond the drainage
basin of the Saint John River to the shore of the
St. Lawrence opposite Tadoussac; to the south, it
included part of the State of Maine.
The
Passamaquoddy spoke a dialect similar to that of
the Maliseet, and occupied all the regions around
Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River and Schoodic
Lake, on the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
The
Maliseet/Passamaquoddy, like most Algonkin tribes,
lived in conical wigwams covered with birchbark,
and they made canoes and household utensils from
the same material.
(IC
Indians of Canada"," D. Jenness; DCB Dictionary
of Canadian Biography"," G. Brown"," ed.)
Museum
of Civilization, Ottawa, Canada
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Malécites
Language
The
Malecite language is part of the Algonquian linguistic
group. This language is no longer spoken by members
of the Nation in Quebec, but the language has been
preserved by members of the five Malecite communities
in New Brunswick (where the name is spelt "Maliseet").
French is the common language of the Malecite Nation
in Quebec.
Total
Population
The
population of the Malecite Nation in Quebec is estimated
at 570 people. There are no permanent residents on
the territory of the nation.
Territories
A
semi-nomadic people, the Malecites were based in what
is now New Brunswick and were allies of the French
in the colonization wars. In 1989, the Quebec government
officially recognized the Malecites as the eleventh
Aboriginal nation in the province, and their territory
is divided between two reserves on the south shore
of the Saint Lawrence River near the municipality
of Rivière du Loup.
Communities
The
Whitworth Reserve and the Cacouna Reserve are attributed
to the nation, but its members are not concentrated
in a community and live in many different regions
of the province of Quebec.
Organizations
The
Conseil de la Première nation Malécite de Viger
manages the affairs of the nation.
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People, Native Trail, for much more information,
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