Passamaquoddy
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Passamaquoddies,
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Passamaquoddy
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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 example, to harvest fish sustainably, the Passamaquoddy have begun to redeploy traditional fish weirs.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023
In recent years, lawmakers have expanded tribal policing authority, returned some land and allowed the Passamaquoddy Tribe to work with the federal government to clean up water, among other things.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 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
This three-mile loop with 800 feet of elevation change following the Appalachian Trail on the way out, returning on the Passamaquoddy Trail, is a favorite of Silverman.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 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 Passamaquoddies will narrate an incident of their wars with the Mohawks.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
Clairvoyance is called by the Passamaquoddies Meelah bi give he.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
The folk stories of the Passamaquoddies are but little known to the young boys and girls of the tribe.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes
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