| Abenaki |
| Abenaki take their name from a word in their own language meaning "dawn land people" or "easterners." In 1600 the Eastern Abenaki occupied what is now the state of Maine, except for its northern and easternmost portions. The... |
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| Ahousaht |
| Ahousaht, the largest NOOTKA Native tribe on the west coast of VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, population about 1500 (1996). Originally the Ahousaht were a small tribe on the outer coast of Vargas Island and adjacent Vancouver... |
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| Algonquin |
| Algonquin (Algonkin) are a group of communities of Algonquian-speaking people living in western Québec and adjacent Ontario, centering on the OTTAWA RIVER and its tributaries. They call themselves Anissinapek (... |
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| Assiniboine |
| Assiniboine (preferred spelling now Assiniboin) received their name from an OJIBWA word for their practice of boiling food by dropping heated rocks into water. They were first described in the Jesuit Relations as having... |
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| Attikamek |
| Attikamek (Tête-de-Boule) Around 1972 the CREE in the Bouclier region of the upper ST-MAURICE R in Québec decided to readopt the name Attikamek (White Fish) used by their predecessors in the 17th century, and to... |