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Passamaquoddy, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River, and Schoodic Lake on the boundary between what are now Maine, U.S., and New Brunswick, Can.

At the time of European contact, the Passamaquoddy belonged to the Abenaki Confederacy, and their language was closely related to that of the Malecite. They traditionally depended on hunting and fishing for subsistence; birch bark and wood were used for manufacture. Villages, consisting of conical dwellings and a large council house, were sometimes palisaded. A tribal council of the war chief, the civil chief, and representatives of each family ... (100 of 156 words)

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people, division of the Abenaki group, of Algonquian stock; lived in Canada and Maine.

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