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Algonquian-speaking peoples in North America before European settlement A 1585 sketch of the Algonquian village of Pomeiock near present-day Gibbs Creek in North Carolina. [1] The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American indigenous North American groups, consisting of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages.
Algonquin territory circa 1800 in green. The Algonquin people are an Indigenous people who now live in Eastern Canada and parts of the United states. They speak the Algonquin language, which is part of the Algonquian language family. [1]
The Mohicans (/ m oʊ ˈ h iː k ən z / or / m ə ˈ h iː k ən z /) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language. As part of the Eastern Algonquian family of tribes, they are related to the neighboring Lenape, whose indigenous territory was to the south as far as the Atlantic coast.
The Algonquian languages (/ æ l ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ k (w) i ə n / al-GONG-k(w)ee-ən; [1] also Algonkian) are a family of Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.
Mohegan-Pequot (also known as Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Secatogue, and Shinnecock-Poosepatuck; dialects in New England included Mohegan, Pequot, and Niantic; and on Long Island, Montaukett and Shinnecock) is an Algonquian language formerly spoken by indigenous peoples in southern present-day New England and eastern Long Island.
It is sometimes used to refer to all the Algonquian-speaking peoples of the area—Western Abenaki, Eastern Abenaki, Wolastoqiyik-Passamaquoddy, and Mi'kmaq—as a single group. [3] The Abenaki people also call themselves Alnôbak, meaning "Real People" (c.f., Lenape language: Lenapek) and by the autonym Alnanbal, meaning "men". [4]
The Algonquian peoples — defined as Native American tribes speaking languages in the Algonquian languages group. This includes the Algonquin tribe itself. The traditional homelands were of the indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and the Great Lakes tribes .
The Algic languages (also Algonquian–Wiyot–Yurok or Algonquian–Ritwan) [1] [2] are an indigenous language family of North America. Most Algic languages belong to the Algonquian subfamily, dispersed over a broad area from the Rocky Mountains to Atlantic Canada .