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The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland" [1]) is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, also known as the MWTRC, [1] was a commission looking at events relating to Wabanaki children and families from 1978, when the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed, until now. The Commission was officially established on February 12, 2012 and issued its final ...
Articles relating to the Wabanaki Confederacy (c. 1680s–1862), a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet (), Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
The English had hoped their Wabanaki captives would provide introductions and facilitate trade. But instead, they warned their people not to trust the foreigners, which made trading impossible ...
Since the year 2000, the total Abenaki population (on and off reserve) has doubled to 2,101 members in 2011. Approximately 400 Abenaki reside on these two reserves, which cover a total area of less than 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi). The unrecognized majority are off-reserve members, living in various cities and towns across Canada and the United States.
Among the Algonquian-speaking tribes of the loose Wabanaki Confederacy, they occupy coastal regions along the Bay of Fundy, Passamaquoddy Bay, and Gulf of Maine, and along the St. Croix River and its tributaries. Traditionally, they had seasonal patterns of settlement. In the winter, they dispersed and hunted inland.
The Wolastoqiyik, [1] also Wəlastəkwewiyik, Malecite or Maliseet (English: / ˈ m æ l ə s iː t /) [2] are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy.They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq (Saint John River) valley and its tributaries.
Rebecca Sockbeson is a Wabanaki scholar and activist in the field of Indigenous Peoples' education. Sockbeson is a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation of Indian Island and Wabanaki Confederacy of tribes located in Maine, United States and the Maritime provinces of Canada.