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Pennacook

(Encyclopedia)Pennacook pĕnˈəko͝ok [key], group of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Although of the Eastern Woodlands ...

Mahican

(Encyclopedia)Mahican məhēˈkən [key], confederacy of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Mahican were of the Eastern ...

Abnaki

(Encyclopedia)Abnaki or Abenaki both: ăbnäˈkē [key], Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The name Abnaki was given to the...

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