Wabanaki Federations Tribes, Nations and Bands Native Americans Indigenous The Americas

Wabanaki Federations Tribes, Nations and Bands Native Americans Indigenous The Americas

Wabanaki

The Wabanaki (Eastern) Confederacy was a confederation of several Algonquian tribes of the eastern seaboard: the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Maliseet, the Passamaquoddy, and the Mi'kmaq. The Wabanaki Confederacy, always a loose alliance, disbanded in 1862, and its members consider themselves distinct tribes now. There is some confusion associated with the term "Wabanaki." It literally means "people of the dawn," or Easterners, and at times all five tribes of the Confederacy have referred to themselves this way, even long after the Confederacy was gone. Also, the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet of New Brunswick collectively refer to themselves as Wabanaki, and some information about these two tribes has this name on it. Finally, the Abenaki, though their name clearly has the same Algonquian root, are not identical to the Wabanaki--they are one constituent tribe, and though a Maliseet may be referred to as a Wabanaki, he is not an Abenaki.

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- Information about the Wabanaki tribes and their alliance today.
- Leadership, self esteem, and cultural reclaiming for Wabanaki peoples youth in Maine, USA, and parts of Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Program summary and contact information.
- Wabanaki articles deal with current issues, including tribal-state relations, the Settlement Act, and cultural awareness.
- Information about the Wabanaki tribes of Maine for grade school students.
- Indexed links to Wabanaki webpages concerning culture, history, political issues, current affairs, personal websites, and other resources.
- Abenaki and Wabanaki links including history, stories, maps, language, and culture.

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