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Maliseet
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Mal·i·seet  (ml-st) or Mal·e·cite (-st)
n. pl. Maliseet or Mal·i·seets or Malecite or Mal·e·cites
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting the St. John River valley in New Brunswick and northeast Maine. The Maliseet helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-18th century.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.
[From Micmac malisiit, one who speaks an incomprehensible language.]
Maliseet [ˈmælɪˌsiːt]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Native Canadian people of New Brunswick and E Quebec
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the Algonquian language of this people
[from Micmac malisiit one speaking an incomprehensible language]
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Long-term investment, of course, is going to be affected anyway in the business community if there is going to be even a hint of the possibility of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseets retaining their rights to the land in New Brunswick.
Business backs off as land rights proclaimed by Black, Joan / Wind Speaker
Long-term investment, of course, is going to be affected anyway in the business community if there is going to be even a hint of the possibility of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseets retaining their rights to the land in New Brunswick.
Business backs off as land rights proclaimed by Black, Joan / Wind Speaker
 
 
 
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