Maliseet

Maliseet artists are famous for their beadwork. Some early Europeans thought Maliseets made the most beautiful beadwork of all the American Indians. They also wove baskets out of birchbark and ash splints.

Many Maliseets refer to themselves as Wolastoqiyik, "people of the Saint John River."
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Maliseet means "talks imperfectly".
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What are Maliseet arts and crafts like?

The Maliseets themselves are original natives of the area between Maine and New Brunswick. They lived on both sides of the border, because they were there before Canada and the United States became countries. Today, most Maliseets live on the Canadian side of the border, in New Brunswick and Quebec. There is still one band that lives in Maine, though.
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The Maliseets didn't live in tepees. They lived in small round buildings called wigwams. Today, Native Americans only build a wigwam for fun or to connect with their heritage. Most Maliseets live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you.
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Sometimes they wore a headband with a feather in it or a beaded cap. Maliseet Indians also had a distinctive kind of hood which looked a little like a fancy nun's headdress, and moccasins for their feet. They didn't usually paint their faces. Most Maliseet men and women wore their hair long; the women wore long dresses with removable sleeves, and men wore breechcloths with leather pant legs tied on.
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What was their barter system like?

They never really gave up hunting, but by the turn of the century (19th to 20th), caribou, moose, and beaver were getting scarce. They started depending on their crafts to make a living. They made and sold snowshoes, moccasins, birchbark canoes, baskets, quill boxes, axe handles, barrel hoops, butter tubs, brooms, and wooden buckets.
Source: "The Wabanaki of Maine and the Maritimes," compiled and published by the American Friends Service Committee

What kinds of food did they eat and how did they get it?

The Maliseet were expert fishermen, using pronged spears to catch fish from their canoes. Fish is still important to their diet and culture today. Maliseet people also hunted deer and moose, particularly in the winter when Maliseet snowshoes gave hunters a chance to catch big game in the snow. Usually it was men who did the hunting and fishing, while Maliseet women harvested corn and gathered fruit. Today, though, many Maliseet girls and women enjoy fishing also.
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What kinds of stories do the Maliseet tell?

There are lots of traditional Maliseet legends and fairy tales. Storytelling is very important to the Maliseet Indian culture. One famous legend is about Glooscap (Gluskabe), the culture hero of the Wabanaki tribes, and another is about Maliseet little people.
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What was their transportation like?

The Maliseet people were well-known for their birchbark canoes.Canoeing is still popular among Maliseets, though not many people handcraft their own canoe from birch bark anymore. When they were on dry land, Maliseet people usually just walked, though they did have sleds and snowshoes to help them in the winter. The Maliseets were primarily forest people, so horses, when they arrived in the Americas, were less useful.
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