Pennacook
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The Pennacook were an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking people of what is now New England, historically inhabiting areas of present-day New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penacook | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
epidemic diseases
ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRegion | Merrimack River drainage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialEncounterWith | English colonists ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturallyRelatedTo |
Abenaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusett people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nipmuc NERFINISHED ⓘ Wampanoag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Pannukog
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penacook NERFINISHED ⓘ Penacuk NERFINISHED ⓘ Penikoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAllies | some neighboring Algonquian groups ⓘ |
| historicalEnemies | occasionally Iroquoian groups ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely displaced as distinct group after colonization ⓘ |
| housing |
longhouses
ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
present-day Massachusetts
ⓘ
present-day New Hampshire ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticGroup | Eastern Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameRefersTo | place near a bend in the river (approximate meaning) ⓘ |
| partOf | Northeastern Woodlands cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | sachem-led bands ⓘ |
| presentInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Merrimack River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Algonquian spiritual beliefs ⓘ |
| someMembersMergedInto | Abenaki communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| someMembersRelocatedTo |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern New England ⓘ |
| spokeDialectOf | Eastern Algonquian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryIncludes |
Merrimack River valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeastern Massachusetts ⓘ southern New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Concord, New Hampshire
this entity surface form:
Penacook