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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Noun Inflected Forms

• Passamaquoddies
  plural
• Passamaquoddy
  plural

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For example, to harvest fish sustainably, the Passamaquoddy have begun to redeploy traditional fish weirs.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023

But the bill would allow the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Maliseet and Mi’kmaq tribes in the state to benefit from more than 150 federal laws that apply to tribes.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 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

In the local artist’s multimedia exhibition, drawings, photographs, sculptures and video ponder the effects of mineral extraction on Passamaquoddy tribal land in Maine.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022

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

The rattle, carried in the hand by the Moqui snake dancer, is a gourd, but the Passamaquoddies seem to find the horn better adapted for their purpose.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes

It is said by the Passamaquoddies that Wochowsen is the great bird which overspreads all with his wings and darkens the sky.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes

It was especially the totem of the Lenni-Lenape, called by the Passamaquoddies Lel-le-mabe, "the people."

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland