Abenaki

Examples

• All

• Between 1765 and 1800, the presence of European settlers increased, and, as a result, the Abenaki moved into unsettled areas of Missisquoi.

  Academic text (1994)

• One day, Samoset, a leader of the Abenaki, and Tisquantum (better known as Squanto) visited the settlers.

  Blog text (3)

• Similarly, the court refused to assess whether or not the Abenaki actually abandoned their land.

  Academic text (1994)

• The name is believed to originally derive from the Abenaki language.

  Academic text (2011)

• Accordingly, the trial court ruled in favor of the Abenaki.

  Academic text (1994)

• The Abenaki thus triumphed as a result of ambiguity in the historical record.

  Academic text (1994)

• One of these came from Bishop Donald Pelotte of Gallup, New Mexico, himself an Abenaki from Maine.

  Academic text (2007)

• The colonists built a fort, a storehouse, housing, and a ship, and haggled for furs with the local Abenaki.

  Academic text (2006)

• Refusing to answer whether the Abenaki are a viable tribe, the court nonetheless found that the Abenaki's aboriginal rights had been extinguished.

  Academic text (1994)

• The Abenaki have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional stories and crafts.

Synonyms

A

Abnaki

vsAbenaki

1 9.9

A member of a Native American people from Maine and southern Quebec

means the same but uses an alternate traditional spelling form

Surface Forms

Etymology