THE MALISEET INDIANS ARE ALGONQUIN NATIVE AMERICANS IN WABNAKI CONFEDERACY. THEY COME FROM ST JOHNS RIVER VALLEY. MANY LIVE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THEY ARE PEOPLE OF THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER.
AT THE TIME OF ANGLO CONTACT THEY WERE AGRARIAN AND SUPPLEMENTED DIETS WITH HUNTING, FISHING, GATHERING NUTS AND FRUIT. THE FRENCH ESTABLISH FUR TRADE WITH THEM. THEY ESTABLISHED MISSIONS AND CONVERTED SOME TO CATHOLICISM. THE FRENCH CEDED THEIR LANDS TO BRITISH AFTER 7 YEAR WAR. DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THEY SIDED WITH THE BRITISH. THEY WERE FREE TO TRAVEL. THE TREATY OF GHENT WAS SIGNED WHICH ENDED THIS WAR OF 1812 AND SETTLED THE CANADIAN AND US BORDER. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM IN HELPING THEM SPEAK THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. TODAY THERE ARE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE.
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