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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.
Wabanaki, Wabenaki, Wobanaki, etc. may refer to: Wabanaki Confederacy, a confederation of five First Nations in North America Abenaki, one member Nation of the ...
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 word Abenaki and its syncope, Abnaki, are both derived from Wabanaki, or Wôbanakiak, meaning "People of the Dawn Land" in the Abenaki language. [3] While the two terms are often confused, the Abenaki are one of several tribes in the Wabanaki Confederacy .
Food was potentially scarce only toward the end of the winter, in February and March. For the rest of the year, the Penobscot and other Wabanaki likely had little difficulty surviving because the land and ocean waters offered much bounty, and the number of people was sustainable. [5] The bands moved seasonally, following the patterns of game ...
Glooscap turning man into a cedar tree. Scraping on birchbark by Tomah Joseph 1884. Glooscap (variant forms and spellings Gluskabe, Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a legendary figure of the Wabanaki peoples, native peoples located in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Atlantic Canada.
On September 12, Wabanaki warriors attacked a farm in Falmouth, destroying it, killing six persons and taking one captive. [7] On September 18, they raided Saco , burning homes and mills. [ 7 ] When they attacked Major William Phillips's garrison at present-day Biddeford , six Abenaki were killed in the siege and 15 wounded. [ 8 ]
The history of wabanaki micmac maliseet education included a discussion of wabanaki tribes and land issues . the schools lead to band recognition in Maine I.e job corps or related programs in Maine; Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Institute Archived January 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, University of New Brunswick; Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal