Last Modified Jan 20 2003

MALICEET

Russian

Names
Sub-Ttibes
Location
Villages
Moccasins
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NAMES

Malecite - many explanations of the name have been offered but the most probable is that of Chamberlain (M.S.), who says it is from Malisit, the Micmac term for them, which means "broken talkers."
Also called:
Etchemin, perhaps from tchinem, "men" "Muskrats," by some of their neighbors.
Wula'stegwi.ak, meaning "Good River People," name used by themselves, referring to the St. John.

LOCATION

In the valley of St. John River, New Brunswick, but extending slightly into the northeastern corner of Maine.

SUBTRIBES

Maurault (1866) makes a distinction between Malecite and Etchemin, but there seems to have been no valid foundation for this.

VILLAGES

: Medoctec, about 10 miles below Woodstock, N.B. Okpaak, on the middle course of St. John River, N.B. Saint Anne, on an island near Frederickton, N.B. Viger, in Viger township, Temiscouata County, Quebec Province.

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