Passamaquoddy
Peskotomuhkati | |
|---|---|
Passamaquoddy men in a canoe (2016) | |
| Total population | |
3,575 enrolled tribal members
| |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Maine) | 3,369 (0.3%) |
| Canada (New Brunswick) | 206 (0.03%) |
| Languages | |
| Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, English | |
| Religion | |
| Wabanaki mythology, Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Penobscot | |
| Person | Peskotomuhkat |
|---|---|
| People | Peskotomuhkatiyik |
| Language | Peskotomuhkatuwey |
| Country | Peskotomuhkatihkuk Wabanaki |
The Passamaquoddy (Passamaquoddy: Peskotomuhkati, Plural: Peskotomuhkatiyik) are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatikuk, straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine in a region called Dawnland. They are one of the constituent nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
The Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine is a federally recognized tribe. The Passamaquoddy people in Canada have an organization known as the Peskotomuhkati Nation, but it does not have official First Nations status.