Abenaki
Wôbanaki | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| ~21,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Canada | 18,420 (2021) |
| Quebec | 16,400 |
| United States (Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine), self-identified | 2,544 (2000) |
| Languages | |
| Abenaki, French, English | |
| Religion | |
| Abenaki mythology, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Algonquian peoples Especially Wolastoqiyik, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot | |
| People | Alnôbak (Wôbanakiak) |
|---|---|
| Language | Abenaki (Alnôbadôwawôgan), Plains Indian Sign Language (Môgiadawawôgan) |
| Country | Dawnland (Ndakinna) Wabanaki |
The Abenaki (Abenaki: Wôbanaki) are an 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 share cultural traits, they historically did not have a centralized government. They came together as a post-contact community after their original tribes were decimated by colonization, disease, and warfare.