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The Wolastoqiyik, [1] also Wəlastəkwewiyik, Malecite or Maliseet (English: / ˈ m æ l ə s iː t /) [2] are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River ) valley and its tributaries.
Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2.This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation.
Plaque in French, English, and Maliseet at Fort La Tour. Maliseet-Passamaquoddy (/ ˈ m æ l ɪ s iː t ˌ p æ s ə m ə ˈ k w ɒ d iː / MAL-ih-seet PAS-ə-mə-KWOD-ee; skicinuwatuwewakon or skicinuwi-latuwewakon) is an endangered Algonquian language spoken by the Wolastoqey and Passamaquoddy peoples along both sides of the border between Maine in the United States and New Brunswick, Canada.
The Maliseet also Malecite, Malécites or Étchemins, their name for themselves, or autonym is Wəlastəkwewiyik, Wolastoqiyik. Wolastoq means "Beautiful River," referring to the Saint John River . Wolastoqiyik means "People of the Beautiful River" in Maliseet.
The Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, formerly known as Maliseet Viger 1 First Nation, [1] is an Algonquian People of the Wəlastəkwewiyik (Maliseet) Nation in Quebec, Canada.
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine (HBMI) (Malecite-Passamaquoddy: Metaksonekiyak Wolastoqewiyik (MW)) [3] is a federally recognized tribe of Maliseet, whose land is along the Meduxnekeag River in Maine, United States. [4] They are headquartered in Littleton, Maine, located in Aroostook County.
Closer in language and culture to the Micmac, the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy have been listed as Abenaki for historical reasons. The French usually referred to both tribes as the Etchemin. Maliseet (Aroostook, Malecite, Malicite, St. John's Indians). From the Mi'kmaq word malisit meaning ' broken talker '.
The University of Maine published a comprehensive Passamaquoddy Dictionary in 2008. Another resource for the language is the online Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal, which includes many videos, subtitled in English and Passamaquoddy, of native speakers conversing in the language. Most of the people speak English as their first language.