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Historian David Stewart-Smith suggests that the Penacook were Central Abenaki people. [4] Their southern neighbors were the Massachusett and Wampanoag. [5]Pennacook territory bordered the Connecticut River in the West, Lake Winnipesauke in the north, the Piscataqua to the east, and the villages of the closely allied Pawtucket confederation along the southern Merrimack River to the south.
From this time on, Passaconaway would not allow his sons or his tribe to fight with any European settlers, and counseled peace to all his native associates. Local New Hampshire history says that in 1647 John Elliot attempted to speak with Passaconaway but was refused audience again and again before he was finally allowed to talk with the bashaba .
The Cowasuck formerly resides on the upper Connecticut River, with the main village of Cowasuck, now Newbury, located in the states of New Hampshire and Vermont. [7] The river valley forest was a mixture of deciduous trees, hemlocks, and white pines, growing on light soils or old fields. [8]
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.
Visitors of the Denver Art Museum look at an item, called Drum (Gaaw) on display behind glass in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries on March 27, 2024.
Wonalancet was born c.1619 after one of the worst epidemics in human history killed 75-90% of the populations of the indigenous peoples of New England. [1] He was supposedly born near Pawtucket Falls in what is now Lowell, Massachusetts, where his father was politically active trying to bring political stability among allies.
After artifacts and remains were uncovered during a development of a local park, the city of Oxford and the Muscogee Nation started a partnership, which resulted in information about the area’s ...
Penacook, originally called "Fisherville", [3] is a village [4] within the city of Concord in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It lies along Concord's northern border with Boscawen . The name comes from the Pennacook tribe that lived in the area.