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The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland" [1]) is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatikuk, straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine in a region called Dawnland. They are one of the constituent nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine is a federally recognized tribe.
They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was predominantly spoken in Maine, while the Western Abenaki language was spoken in Quebec, Vermont, and New Hampshire. While Abenaki peoples have shared cultural traits, they did not historically have a centralized government. [4]
The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, also known as the MWTRC, [1] was a commission looking at events relating to Wabanaki children and families from 1978, when the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed, until now. The Commission was officially established on February 12, 2012 and issued its final ...
Articles relating to the Wabanaki Confederacy (c. 1680s–1862), a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet (), Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
The Wabanaki Confederacy includes the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki. The name for the Dawnland in other Algonkic languages: Wàbanakìng (in Algonquin), Waabanakiing (in Ojibwe), Waabnakiing (in Odawa), Wabnekig (in Potawatomi). [436]? The Wah-Zha-Zhi (Osage) traditional territory—autonym unknown.
The Wolastoqiyik, [1] also Wəlastəkwewiyik, Malecite or Maliseet (English: / ˈ m æ l ə s iː t /) [2] are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy.They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq (Saint John River) valley and its tributaries.
Wabanaki, Wabenaki, Wobanaki, etc. may refer to: Wabanaki Confederacy , a confederation of five First Nations in North America Abenaki , one member Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy