Passamaquoddy

The Passamaquoddy are a Wabanaki people whose homeland encompasses Passamaquoddy Bay, the St Croix River and their surrounding waters. Their own name, Peskotomuhkati, refers to spearing pollock, a fish of importance to their people. Traditionally, families dispersed inland to hunt in winter and gathered more closely along the coast and islands in summer, harvesting fish, shellfish and marine mammals.