Algonkin
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All the others were of the Algonkin group, just as the French, the Spanish, and the Italians belong to what is called the Latin family, and speak languages which have the same origin.
From Stories of the Badger State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
The Algonkin myth in its most extended form describes the earth maiden as becoming a mother through being looked at by the sun.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
They were intended to assist in remembering a long poetical legend in which the Algonkin ideas regarding the creation of the world and their tribal history were told.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
It was chiefly Algonkin tribes with whom the first white settlers met.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
The Shawnees or Shawanoes are an erratic tribe of Algonkin stock, supposed to have been one primarily with the Kickapoos.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
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