Abnaki
Americannoun
plural
Abnakis,plural
Abnakinoun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Maine and Quebec
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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Abnaki, a Confederacy of Algonquin tribes, formerly occupying what is now Maine and Southern New Brunswick.
From Project Gutenberg
In 1646 went on an expedition to the Abnaki tribes of Maine, who had become interested in Christianity through converts of the Sillery mission.
From Project Gutenberg
Abnaki of Mayne, and the British frontier; represented at present by the St. John's Indians.
From Project Gutenberg
Listen to the dream of Wangewaha, the great war chief of the Abnakis.
From Project Gutenberg
Râle gives this as the name of one of the Abnaki villages on or near the river 'Aghenibekki.'
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