Editing Abenaki (section)

==Eastern Abenaki==
[[File:Wohngebiet Oestlicheabenaki.png|thumb|Eastern Abenaki]]

* ''[[Androscoggin people|Androscoggin]]'' (also ''Alessikantekw'', ''Arosaguntacock'', ''Amariscoggin''), lived in the Androscoggin Valley and along the [[Saint-François River|St. Francis River]], therefore often called "St. Francis River Abenaki".
* ''[[Norridgewock|Kennebec]]'' (also ''Kinipekw'', ''Kennebeck'', ''Caniba'', later known as ''[[Norridgewock]]''), lived in the Kennebec River Valley in northern Maine. Principal village: Norridgewock (Naridgewalk, Neridgewok, Noronjawoke); other villages: Amaseconti (Amesokanti, Anmissoukanti), Kennebec, and Sagadahoc.
* ''[[Penobscot]]'' (also ''Panawahpskek'', ''Pamnaouamske'', ''Pentagouet''), lived in the [[Penobscot River|Penobscot Valley]]. Principal villages: Penobscot (Pentagouet), now [[Penobscot Indian Island Reservation|Indian Island]], [[Old Town, Maine]]; other villages: Agguncia, Asnela, Catawamtek, [[Kenduskeag, Maine|Kenduskeag]], [[Mattawamkeag, Maine|Mattawamkeag]], Meecombe, Negas, Olamon, [[Passadumkeag, Maine|Passadumkeag]], Precaute, Segocket, and Wabigganus. Now a separate [[List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States|federally recognized tribe]].
* ''[[Pequawket]]'' (also ''Pigwacket'', ''Pequaki''), lived along the [[Saco River]] and in the [[White Mountains (New England)|White Mountains]]. Principal village Pigwacket was located on the upper Saco River near present-day [[Fryeburg, Maine]]. Occupied an intermediate location, therefore sometimes classed as ''Western Abenaki''.

Smaller tribes:
* ''[[Apikwahki]]''
* ''[[Amaseconti]]'', potentially related to the Androsgoggins, they lived between the upper [[Kennebec River|Kennebec]] and [[Androscoggin River|Androscoggin]] rivers in western [[Maine]], their central village was somewhere near modern-day [[Farmington, Maine|Farmington]].
* ''[[Kwupahag]]'' (also ''Kwapahag'')
* ''[[Ossipee, New Hampshire#History|Ossipee]]'', lived along the shores of [[Ossipee Lake]] in east-central New Hampshire. Sometimes classed as "Western Abenaki".
* ''Rocameca'', they were one of the major bands of the [[Androscoggin people|Androscoggins]],  lived along the upper [[Androscoggin River]], centred around [[Canton, Maine]].
* ''Wawinak'' (also ''Ouanwinak, Sheepscot, Wawenock, Wawnock, Wewenoc''), lived in the [[Southern Maine Coast|coastal areas of southern Maine]].
Wolastoqiyik and Passamaquoddy:
* '' [[Wolastoqiyik]]'' (also ''Walastekwyk'', ''Maliseet'', ''Malecite''), lived in the inland of upper Maine and middle [[New Brunswick]] along the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|St. John River]]. Principal villages: Meductic, Aukpaque. Now a separate [[List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States|federally recognized tribe]].
* ''[[Passamaquoddy]]'' (also ''Peskotomuhktati'', ''Pestomuhkati''), lived on the [[Passamaquoddy Bay]] coast and inland, between the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|St. John]], [[St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick)|St. Croix]] and [[Penobscot River|Penobscot]] rivers, in present-day Maine and New Brunswick. Principal village: [[Machias, Maine|Machias]]. Now a separate [[List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States|federally recognized tribe]].