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Malecite or Maliseet (both: măl`əsīt), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). In the early 17th cent. they occupied the valley of the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. The French settlers in this area intermarried with the Malecite, thereby forming a close alliance with the indigenous people. Hence, during the colonial wars the Malecite supported the French against the English. They now live in New Brunswick, Quebec, and Maine. In 1990 there were about 1,700 Malecite in Canada and about 900 in the United States. BibliographySee J. F. Pratson, Land of the Four Directions (1970). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | 95 Paperback E98 Edward Adney built his first canoe in the 1880s under the direction of a Malecite Indian in Canada. Working with the aboriginal communities, they selected a site along a path in the Botanical Gardens that marks the boundary between two forests--one a conifer forest that was the ancestral home of groups including the Naskapi, Cree, Innu and Algonquin and a second, made up of deciduous trees, where the Micmac, Malecite, Abenaki and others had traditionally lived. 1978 Henry Cecil, who received a dozen horses belonging to Daniel Wildenstein following the owner's monumental row with Peter Walwyn after Buckskin's defeat in the Gold Cup at Ascot two months ago, sends out his first winner for his new patron as Malecite, ridden by Joe Mercer, lands the odds in the mile-and-a-half conditions heat at Windsor. |
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