1. Maliseet - Noun
2. Maliseet - Proper noun
Maliseet (plural Maliseets or Maliseet)
A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, indigenous to the Saint John River valley and its tributaries, crossing the borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and Maine in the United States.
Maliseet
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy.
But the climate was harsher in eastern Maine, the soils ruined by the ice sheets, so the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Maliseet sustained themselves by hunting and fishing. Source: Internet
Maliseet cultivated food plants including: beans, pumpkins, Jerusalem artichokes, ground nuts, and maize on the river banks and islands of the Saint John River. Source: Internet
The Mi'kmaq Nation's reserves throughout Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and eastern New Brunswick dominate aboriginal culture in the region, compared to the much smaller population of the Maliseet Nation in western New Brunswick. Source: Internet
The western portion of the province was the traditional home of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people. Source: Internet