THESE INDIANS ARE CALLED THOSE WHO PURSUE THE POLLOCK - A PLENTIFUL FISH. THEY BELONGED TO THE ALGONQUIN LINGUISTIC STOCK AND THEIR RELATIVES ARE ABANAKI, PENNACOCK, AND PENOBSCOT. THEY HAD THREE MAIN VILLAGES. WHEN THERE 13 COLONIES THIS TRIBE WAS LIVING ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THEIR BOUNDARY. THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE IN MAINE LEGISLATURE. THE POPULATION IN 1726 WAS 150 PEOPLE AND ONLY 386 IN 1910. THEIR NAME, PASSAMAQUODDY, WAS GIVEN TO A BAY..
THEY HAD PURELY ORAL HISTORY BEFORE ANGLOS ARRIVED. THEY LIVED ALONG THE COAST AND RIVERS. THEY HUNTED INLAND IN WINTER. IN SUMMER THEY GATHERED MORE CLOSELY, GATHERING SEAFOOD AND PORPOISE.
THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY REMOVED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL LAND SINCE 1500'S, THERE ARE INDIANS LIVING OFF THE RESERVATION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THERE ARE ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE TODAY. ABOUT 1/2 SPEAK MALACITE - PASSAMAQUODDY LANGUAGE
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