Abenaki

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The Abenaki are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, primarily associated with what is now northern New England and southeastern Canada, known for their distinct Algonquian language and cultural traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Native American people
alliedWith French colonists
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Oral storytelling tradition
Seasonal migration within territory
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
economy Fishing
Fur trade
Horticulture
Hunting
ethnicGroupOf Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
historicalEnemy Iroquois Confederacy
language Western Abenaki language
surface form: Abenaki language
languageFamily Algic languages
Algonquian languages
notableCommunity Odanak First Nation
Wôlinak First Nation
participatedIn Seven Years' War
surface form: French and Indian War

King Philip's War
peopleSubdivision Abenaki self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Abenaki

Western Abenaki language
surface form: Western Abenaki
recognizedAs First Nations in Canada
State-recognized tribes in the United States
region Northern New England
Eastern Canada
surface form: Southeastern Canada
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Traditional Algonquian spirituality
subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
traditionalCraft Basketry
Beadwork
Wood carving
traditionalFood Beans
Corn
Maple sugar
Squash
traditionalHousing Longhouse
Wigwam
traditionalTerritory Parts of the Maritime provinces
Present-day Maine
Present-day New Hampshire
Vermont
surface form: Present-day Vermont

Southern Quebec
writingSystem Latin script

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Eastern Abenaki languages spokenBy Abenaki
this entity surface form: Western Abenaki people
Eastern Abenaki languages hasMember Abenaki
this entity surface form: Androscoggin Abenaki
Maliseet people relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki people
Passamaquoddy people relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki people
Alnôba spokenBy Abenaki
this entity surface form: Western Abenaki people
Alnôba associatedPeople Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
St. Francis-Sokoki dialect ethnicGroup Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki people
linguist Gordon M. Day researchFocus Abenaki
subject surface form: Gordon M. Day
this entity surface form: Western Abenaki people
French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War participant Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki people
Molly Ockett ethnicity Abenaki
Molly Ockett culture Abenaki
this entity surface form: Abenaki culture