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The Abenaki people also call themselves Alnôbak, meaning "Real People" (c.f., Lenape language: Lenapek) and by the autonym Alnanbal, meaning "men". [4] Historically, ethnologists have classified the Abenaki by geographic groups: Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki. Within these groups are the Abenaki bands:
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.
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other Western Abenaki people The Cowasuck , also known as Cowass , is an Algonquian -speaking Native American tribe in northeastern North America and the name of their primary settlement. Linguistically and culturally the Cowasuck belong to the Western Abenaki and the Wabanaki Confederacy . [ 2 ]
The Abenaki people are an indigenous peoples of the Americas located in the Northeastern Woodlands region. Their religious beliefs are part of the Midewiwin tradition, with ceremonies led by medicine keepers , called Medeoulin or Mdawinno .
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States who state they have Abenaki ancestry. For people whose Abenaki ancestry has been independently confirmed, see Category:American people of Abenaki descent. For citizens of an Abenaki tribe, see Category:Abenaki people and its subcategories.
The Sokoki people, who had lived along the Connecticut River, founded Odanak, also known as the village of St. Francis in Quebec. [5] The Western Abenakis, including those living along the Merrimack River and the Champlain Valley, moved north to the Saint-François River in Quebec, Canada. [2] There they joined the local Odanak community of ...
Despite Laurent's upbringing of speaking fluent Abenaki and French, [3] he not only created a dictionary to teach English to Abenaki people, he more importantly created the substantial text in an effort to preserve the Abenaki language and culture. The Abenaki language was oral, and little to no written documents had been recorded.