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The Abenaki were described in the Jesuit Relations as not cannibals, and as docile, ingenious, temperate in the use of liquor, and not profane. [37] Abenaki lifeways were similar to those of Algonquian-speaking peoples of southern New England. They cultivated food crops and built villages on or near fertile river floodplains.
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.
Hannah Duston (also spelled Dustin, Dustan, Durstan, Dustun, Dunstun, or Durstun) (born Hannah Emerson, December 23, 1657 – March 6, 1736, [1] 1737 or 1738 [2]) was a colonial Massachusetts Puritan woman who was taken captive by Abenaki people from Quebec during King William's War, with her first newborn daughter, during the 1697 raid on Haverhill, in which 27 colonists, 15 of them children ...
Because Elizabeth and her family were Quakers, they refused to take refuge in the garrison when the Abenaki first attacked their area during Dummer's War. [5] Elizabeth and four of her children, Sarah, Elizabeth Jr, Daniel, and her two-week-old daughter, were taken from her home in Dover, New Hampshire on August 27, 1724.
Leroux, speaking last, addressed the issue of Vermont's four Abenaki tribes, which have received state recognition, but failed to achieve federal recognition, a decision that was initially backed ...
The latter said that the Penobscot had died because they did not believe in Jesus Christ. [5] At the beginning of the 17th century, Europeans began to live year-round in Wabanaki territory. [5] At this time, there were probably about 10,000 Penobscot (a number which fell to below 500 by the early 19th century). [7]
Sep. 18—ESSEX — The Nehantic Native Nation and the Elnu Abenaki Tribe shared and celebrated their heritage Saturday at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. The joint event was conducted by ...
The Islamic art collections of the Benaki Museum are housed in a complex of neo-classical buildings located in the historical centre of Athens, in the Kerameikos district. Major archaeological sites located in the same area include the grounds of the ancient Agora (currently undergoing development), the Doric temple of Hephaestus (the "Theseio ...