The Algonquian language is a North American Indian language family that was spoken in Canada, New England, the Atlantic coastal region, and the Great Lakes region, moving towards the Rocky Mountains. ... Instead of having multiple individual tribe leaders that assume full authority, the Illinois also had one Grand Chief that centralized power ...

Metoac is an erroneous term used by some to group together the Munsee-speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi-speaking Unquachog (center) and Pequot-speaking Montaukett (east) American Indians on what is now Long Island in New York state. The term was invented by amateur anthropologist and U.S. Congressman Silas Wood in the mistaken belief that the various native …

Welcome to our Abenaki vocabulary page! Abenaki is an Algonquian language, related to other languages like Lenape and Chippewa. We have included twenty basic Abenaki words here, to compare with related American Indian languages. You can find more Abenaki-Penobscot words in our online picture glossaries.

Nov 20, 2012 · The Powhatan Confederacy The Powhatan Confederacy was a league of over 30 Algonquian speaking Native American tribes that were located in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Southern Maryland. The names of the tribes associated with the Confederacy included the Potomac, Chesapeake, Mattapony, Secacawoni, Chickahominy, Nandsemond, Weanoc, …

Nov 20, 2012 · The Mohawk tribe and the Iroquois Confederacy The Mohawk were members of the group of tribes referred to as the Iroquois Confederacy was founded c1550 by Deganawida and Hiawatha and consisted of the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga tribes. The aim of the Iroquois Confederacy was to create an Iroquoian empire by absorbing subservient, …

They were a nomadic people belonging to the Algonquian language family. Important tribes within this language group also included the Ojibwa, Blackfoot, and Shawnee. ... and New Jersey. Since 1982, New Jersey has officially recognized the state’s Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe, and its hometown of Bridgeton is called “Indian Town ...