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Passamaquoddy
Peskotomuhkati | |
|---|---|
 Passamaquoddy men in a canoe (2016) | |
| Total population | |
3,575 enrolled tribal members
| |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Maine) | 3,369 (0.3%) |
| Canada (New Brunswick) | 206 (0.03%) |
| Languages | |
| Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, English | |
| Religion | |
| Wabanaki mythology, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Penobscot | |
The Passamaquoddy are Native Americans and First Nation from New Brunswick and Maine. They are closely related to the Penobscot. They are part of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language is part of the Algonquian languages family. Their name means "pollock-spearer" or "those of the place where pollock are plentiful".[1] They are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The US Government recognizes Passamaquoddy Tribe as a tribe.
- ↑ Erickson, Vincent O. 1978. "Maliseet-Passamaquoddy". In Northeast, ed. Bruce G. Trigger. Vol. 15 of Handbook of North American Indians, ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 135. Cited in Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pg. 401.
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