FDI - Maliseet

The Maliceet were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe. They were located in the valley of the St. John River, New Brunswick, and in the northeastern corner of Maine. Though the White influx had little effect on their populations, it resulted in the loss of large tracts of land.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions

NB Medoctec, Okpaak, Saint Anne

PQ Viger

Present Locations

ME Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Littleton

PQ Big Hole Tract, Newcastle (Red Bank Band)

Cacouna Reserve, Cacouna (First Nation of Vigor)

Devon Reserve, St. John River (St. Mary's Band

Indian Point Reserve, Newcastle (Red Bank Band)

Kingsclear Indian Reserve, Kingsclear (Kingsclear Band)

Oromocto Reserve, Gagetown (Oromocto Band)

Red Bank Indian Reserve, Newcastle (Red Bank Band)

St. Basile Reserve, Edmunston (Edmunston Band)

St. Mary's Reserve, St. John River (St. Mary's Band)

Tobique Indian Reserve, Grand Falls (Tobique Band)

Whitworth Reserve, Riviere du Loup (First Nation of Vigor)

Woodstock Reserve, Woodstock (Woodstock Band)

Year	*History*
1497	European fishing boats soon began fishing at Grand Bank off of the coast of Maine soon after the visit of Sebastian Cabot
1524	Giovanni da Verrazano also explored the area
1604	Met by Samuel de Champlain
1617	Pandemic resulting in 75% depopulation
1640	Beginning of Beaver Wars with Iroquois
1776	Lands assigned to the U.S. Maliseet
1794	Jay Treaty gave Maliseet free passage over the U. S.-Canada border
1850	Tribes received Canada lands
1980	Houlton Band became federally recognized

Year	Total Population	ME	NB	Source
1600	800		800	Mooney estimate
1700	800		800	NAHDB calculation
1800	800		800	NAHDB calculation
1884	767			Swanton
1900	900	100	800	NAHDB calculation
1904	805			Swanton
1989		289		BIA
2000	5,200	700	4,500	NAHDB calculation
2005		800		Houlton Band
2005			178	Edmunston Band
			605	Kingsclear Band
			358	Oromocto Band
			392	Red Bank Band
			948	St. Mary's Band
			1,479	Tobique Band
			617	Woodstock Band
			229	Vigor Band

Maliseet Sites:

1860 Maliseet Micmac Canoeists http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mikmaq/mp0204.htm

Edmunston Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb16.php

First Malecite Nation of Vigor http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/quebec/pro_pq23.php

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians http://www.maliseets.com/

Impounded Water, The http://groups.msn.com/TalesFromtheSmokehouse/theempoundedwater.msnw

Kingsclear Reserve http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb21.php

Little People http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore10.html

Malecite and Passamaquoddy Tales http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/NF6contents.htm

Malecite Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t179

Malecite Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/abenaki/malecitehist.htm

Malecite Indians http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/encyclopedia/MaleciteIndians.htm

Malecite-Passamaquoddy Language http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=MAC

Malecite-Passamaquoddy Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=MAC

Maliseet http://www.nativeamericans.com/Maliseet.htm

Maliseet http://gizmo.sad4.com/~ebartley/NativeAmericans/maliseet.html

Maliseet http://www.invitationproject.ca/cgi-win/quilt.exe?LISTING=1200

Maliseet Colouring Book http://www.apcfnc.ca/treaties/color2.htm

Maliseet First Nation at Tobique http://www.diocese-edmundston.ca/history/maliseet-first-nation/maliseet.first.nation.htm

Maliseet First Nation Communities http://www.danielnpaul.com/MaliseetFirstNation.html

Maliseet Indian Fact Sheet http://collections.ic.gc.ca/objects/

Maliseet Indians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09570a.htm

Maliseet Indian Tribe http://www.aaanativearts.com/article897.html

Maliseet Language http://www.native-languages.org/maliseet.htm

Maliseet Language http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/groups/mali.htm

Maliseet Language Plaque http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/tribute/maliseet-e.html

Maliseet/Malécites http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/maliseet.htm

Maliseet or Mi'Kmaq Indians Dancing http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mikmaq/mp0105.htm

Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Maliseet/dictionary/

Micmac-Maliseet News http://www.cmmns.com/mmnn/

Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Cultural Objects http://collections.ic.gc.ca/objects/index.htm

Native Peoples in the Upper St. John River Valley http://www.upperstjohn.com/history/natives.htm

Origin of the Maliseet http://cacouna.net/originemalecites_e.htm

Oromocto Reserve http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb22.php

Red Bank Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb24.php

Saint Anne Parish - Maliseet http://www.diocese-edmundston.ca/annuaire/zones-pastorales-et-paroisses/saint.ann.parish-tobique.first.nation.htm

St. Mary's Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb25.php

Tobique Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb26.php

Traditional Birchbark Canoes http://www.birchbarkcanoe.net/malacitecanoes.htm

Woodstock Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nb/pro_nb27.php

Woodstock First Nation http://www.woodstockfirstnation.com/

*Ethnie:*	MALISEET (MALECITE, MALESEET)
*Language:*	Malecite-Passamaquoddy
*Family:*	Eastern Algonquian
*Stock:*	Algonquian
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	1,500 (1998 SIL)