1. Passamaquoddy - Noun
2. Passamaquoddy - Proper noun
Passamaquoddy (plural Passamaquoddies or Passamaquoddy)
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Passamaquoddy
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
As a member of the school board, Neptune hopes to increase student and teacher access to Passamaquoddy culture and ceremonial teachings, as well as work toward language revitalization. Source: Internet
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
JTA — Maine’s governor posthumously pardoned Donald Gellers, an attorney whose legal victories exposed the state’s abuses of the Passamaquoddy tribe and who state authorities framed as part of a conspiracy. Source: Internet
Those were spearheaded, however, by a former intern — Gellers had left the state in 1971 after three years of fighting a marijuana possession charge that state authorities had trumped up because of his advocacy for the Passamaquoddy. Source: Internet
With funding from the National Science Foundation, the community and Speaking Place made more than 100 videos in Passamaquoddy and built the first online language portal to link a dictionary with subtitled videos. Source: Internet