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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The Passamaquoddy thought water quality and environmental protection should be top priority; the state emphasized forecasting models and monitoring.
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
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
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
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
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
These were the makers of the stone axes or tomahawks which are found in the territory once inhabited by the Passamaquoddies.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
Another and a very curious version of this story was obtained by Mrs. W. Wallace Brown, who has been the chief discoverer of curious Indian lore among the Passamaquoddies.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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 Fewkes, Jesse Walter
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