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Wabanaki

American  
[wah-buh-nah-kee] / ˌwɑ bəˈnɑ ki /

noun

  • Wabanakis,
    plural
  • Wabanaki
    plural
  1. Abenaki.


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She was a co-organizer of “Jeremy Frey: Woven,” the first solo exhibition of a Wabanaki artist at a fine art museum in the United States.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2024

“Today signifies a landmark victory in the pursuit of Wabanaki self-determination,” Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis said Thursday in a statement.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

The Penobscot are one member of the Wabanaki Nations, which encompasses Indigenous peoples living in what is now Maine.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

They stand alongside the Nez Percé singer Julia Keefe — a songbird of a jazz vocalist, who also fronts a big band — and the Wabanaki bassist, composer and vocalist Mali Obomsawin.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2023

For the past few weeks in Molly’s American History class they’ve been studying the Wabanaki Indians, a confederacy of five Algonquian-speaking tribes, including the Penobscot, that live near the North Atlantic coast.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

“Eh, I don’t know,” Tyler Baldwin says one day in American History after they watch a film about the Wabanakis.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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