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==Western Abenaki== [[File:Wohngebiet Westlicheabenaki.png|thumb|Historical territories of Western Abenaki tribes, {{circa|17th century}}]] * ''[[Androscoggin people|Androscoggin]]'' (also ''Arsigantegok'' ''Arrasaguntacook'', ''Ersegontegog'', ''Assagunticook'', ''Anasaguntacook''), lived along the [[Saint-François River|St. Francis River]] in Québec. Principal village: St. Francis ([[Odanak]]). The people were referred to as "St. Francis River Abenakis", and this term gradually was applied to all Western Abenaki.<ref>Colin G. Calloway: ''The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600–1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People,'' University of Oklahoma Press, 1994, {{ISBN|978-0806125688}}</ref> * ''[[Cowasuck]]'' (also ''Cohass'', ''Cohasiac'', ''Koasek'', ''Koasek'', ''Coos'' – "People of the Pines"), lived in the upper [[Connecticut River]] Valley. Principal village: ''Cowass'', near [[Newbury (village), Vermont|Newbury, Vermont]]. * ''[[Missiquoi]]'' (also ''Masipskwoik'', ''Mazipskikskoik'', ''Missique'', ''Misiskuoi'', ''Missisco'', ''Missiassik'' – "People of the Flint"), also known as the Sokoki. They lived in the [[Missisquoi River|Missisquoi Valley]], from [[Lake Champlain]] to the [[River source|headwaters]]. Principal village around [[Swanton (village), Vermont|Swanton, Vermont]].<ref name="Abenaki Nation">{{cite web|url=http://www.abenakination.org/whoweare.html |title=Who We Are |publisher=Abenaki Nation |access-date=March 22, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210185748/http://www.abenakination.org/whoweare.html |archive-date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> ** ''[[Missiquoi|Sokoki]]'' (also ''Sokwaki'', ''Squakheag'', ''Socoquis'', ''Sokoquius'', ''Zooquagese'', ''Soquachjck'', ''Onejagese'' – "People Who Separated"), lived in the Middle and Upper Connecticut River Valley. Principal villages: ''Squakheag'', [[Northfield, Massachusetts]], and Fort Hill. * ''[[Pennacook]]'' (also ''Penacook'', ''Penikoke'', ''Openango''), lived in the [[Merrimack Valley]], therefore sometimes called ''Merrimack''. Principal village [[Penacook, New Hampshire]]. The Pennacook were once a large confederacy who were politically distinct and competitive with their northern Abenaki neighbors. Smaller tribes: * ''[[Amoskeay]]'' * ''[[Cocheco people|Cocheco]]'' * ''[[Nashaway|Nashua]]'' * ''[[Ossipee, New Hampshire#History|Ossipee]]'', lived along the shores of [[Ossipee Lake]] in east-central New Hampshire. Often classed as ''Eastern Abenaki''. * ''[[Pemigewasset people|Pemigewasset]]'' * ''[[Piscataqua River#History|Piscataqua]]'' * ''[[Souhegan River#Etymology|Souhegan]]'' * ''[[Lake Winnipesaukee#History|Winnipesaukee]]'' (also ''Winnibisauga'', ''Wioninebeseck'', ''Winninebesakik'' – "region of the land around lakes"), lived along the shores of [[Lake Winnipesaukee]], New Hampshire. ===Wabanaki Nation=== * ''[[Odanak]]'' (also known as ''[[Pierreville, Quebec|Pierreville]], [[Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality|MRC Nicolet-Yamaska]]''), lived southwest of [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Centre-du-Québec]], and included settlements along the [[Saint-François River]] and [[Magog River]]. * ''[[Wôlinak]]'' (also ''[[Bécancour, Quebec (community)|Becancour]]'', [[Bécancour Regional County Municipality|MRC Becancour]]), lived around Trois-Rivières, Centre-du-Québec, and included settlements along the [[Bécancour River]].
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