Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the US
Abenaki
Wαpánahki
Total population
~21,000
Regions with significant populations
Canada
18,420 (2021)[1]
Quebec
16,400[2]
United States (Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine), self-identified
2,544 (2000)[3]
Languages
Abenaki, French, English
Religion
Wabanaki mythology, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Algonquian peoples Especially Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot
People
Alnôbak (Wôbanakiak)
Language
Alnôbadôwawôgan, Môgiadawawôgan
Country
Ndakinna Wabanaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki: Wαpánahki) are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. 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] They came together as a post-contact community after their original tribes were decimated by colonization, disease, and warfare.
^"Canada Census Profile 2021". Census Profile, 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. May 7, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^"Québec Census Profile 2021". Census Profile, 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. May 7, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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^Lee Sultzman (July 21, 1997). "Abenaki History". Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
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