Passamaquoddy
Americannoun
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a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Passamaquoddy, mutually intelligible with Malecite.
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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
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
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 tribes elsewhere across the country.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2023
The mere construction of a water well on Passamaquoddy land with federal money required hammering out a memorandum of understanding with Maine – a step not necessary in other states.
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
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