Algonquian peoples

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The Algonquian peoples are a large group of Indigenous nations in North America historically connected by related Algonquian languages and shared cultural traditions across regions from the Atlantic Coast into the interior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples of North America
ethnolinguistic group
continent North America
ethnicGroupOf North America
hasCulturalRegion Appalachian region
Atlantic Coast
linked to: Atlantic coast

Great Lakes region
Great Plains (marginally)
Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands

Subarctic
hasHistoricalInteractionWith British colonists in North America
linked to: British colonists

Dutch colonists in North America
French colonists in North America
Iroquoian peoples
hasHistoricalRole allies and adversaries in colonial-era wars in North America
participants in the fur trade
historicalRange Atlantic Coast of North America
Canadian Subarctic
linked to: Subarctic region

Great Lakes basin
linked to: Great Lakes Basin

St. Lawrence River valley
linked to: St. Lawrence Valley

Upper Mississippi River region
includesEthnicGroup Abenaki
Blackfoot (Siksikaitsitapi)
linked to: Blackfoot

Cheyenne (partly Algonquian-speaking)
linked to: Cheyenne language

Cree
Fox (Meskwaki)
Innu
Kickapoo
Lenape
Maliseet
Massachusett
Menominee
Mi'kmaq
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Miami
Munsee
linked to: Lenape

Narragansett
Naskapi
Odawa
Ojibwe
Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
Pequot
linked to: Pequot people

Potawatomi
Sauk
Shawnee
Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
partOf Algic language family
linked to: Algic languages
religion animist spiritual traditions
sharesCulturalTraits birchbark canoe use in many northern and eastern groups
clan-based social organization
maize-based agriculture in some eastern groups
wigwam and longhouse dwelling forms
woodland hunting and gathering traditions
usesLanguageFamily Algonquian languages

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Herring Pond Wampanoag ethnolinguisticGroup Algonquian peoples
Abenaki subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
Kickapoo people partOf Algonquian cultural area
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Wabanaki Confederacy memberOfEthnolinguisticGroup Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Blackfoot ethnolinguisticGroup Algonquian peoples
Northeast Woodlands inhabitedBy Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Muh-he-con-neok partOf Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Muh-he-con-neok subclassOf Algonquian peoples
Mahikan partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Sac and Fox hasEthnolinguisticAffiliation Algonquian peoples
Bodéwadmi partOf Algonquian peoples
Mohegan ethnicGroup Algonquian peoples
Nanticoke relatedEthnicGroup Algonquian peoples
Nanticoke partOfBroadGrouping Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Niantic people partOf Algonquian peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Wappinger subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
Quiripi people ethnicGroup Algonquian peoples
Quiripi people partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Swampy Cree partOf Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Toronto Carrying-Place route usedBy Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Narragansett Indian Tribe ethnicGroup Algonquian peoples
Nipmuc people partOf Algonquian peoples
Massachusett subgroupOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Pennacook people partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Moshup culture Algonquian peoples
Wigwam usedBy Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Wigwam hasCulturalSignificanceFor Northeastern Indigenous nations
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Shawnee Nation partOf Algonquian peoples
Pocumtuck people partOf Algonquian peoples
Atikamekw partOf Algonquian peoples
Nanticoke people partOfBroaderGrouping Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Niantic relatedEthnicity Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Niantic partOfBroaderGroup Algonquian peoples
People of the Dawn hasLinguisticAssociation Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Wabanaki peoples subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
Nipmuc warriors tribalAffiliation Algonquian peoples
Amonute ethnoreligiousGroup Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Wahunsenacawh culture Algonquian
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Chief Powhatan ethnicity Algonquian
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Illinois Confederation partOf Algonquian peoples
Siksikaitsitapi isPartOf Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Kainai Nation isPartOfEthnolinguisticGroup Algonquian peoples
Wampanoag Nation subgroupOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Weapemeoc partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
Kispoko hasEthnicOrigin Algonquian peoples
John Eliot missionaryTo Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples