Passamaquoddy

American  

[pas-uh-muh-kwod-ee] / ˌpæs ə məˈkwɒd i /

noun

• Passamaquoddies,
  plural
• Passamaquoddy
  plural

1. a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.

2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Passamaquoddy, mutually intelligible with Malecite.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Passamaquoddies
  plural
• Passamaquoddy
  plural

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For millennia, the Passamaquoddy people used their intimate understanding of the coastal waters along the Gulf of Maine to sustainably harvest the ocean’s bounty.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023

The settlement for the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Maliseet, along with a 1991 agreement for the Mi’kmaq, stipulates they’re bound by state law and treated like municipalities in many cases.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

That settlement for the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Maliseet, along with a 1991 agreement for the Mi’kmaq, put the tribes in Maine on a different path from others elsewhere in the country.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

Yet in our recent study, we found the Wabanaki Nations in Maine – Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot – and their 9,546 citizens have been left out of this progress.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023

It is thought that the oldest surviving field recordings are those made in 1889 among the Passamaquoddy Indians in Maine, by American anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

With an assist from Tribal Assets, the Passamaquoddies paid $16 million for New England's largest cement factory, the Dragon Cement plant in Thomaston, Me.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Maine the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies, who once demanded 12 million acres, or two-thirds of the state, have come down to 300,000 acres, and may well settle for less.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found among them many of the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies under Nicholas Hawawes, a noted chief.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond

There still remain among the Passamaquoddies certain nicknames borne by persons of the tribe.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes

After a fortnight’s deliberation the treaty was signed, on the 23rd February, by Ballomy Glode, chief of the St. John Indians, and Michel Neptune, chief of the Passamaquoddies.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond

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