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ABENAKI TIMES December 25 1738

A newspaper dedicated to the

history and culture of the Abenaki

tribe.

Articles Referring to the History of the Abenaki Tribe

Who Were The Abenaki?The Abenaki, short for “ People of Dawn”

or “ Easterners”. The Abenaki were part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, along with other tribes. The tribe spoke Abnaki-Penobscot language. The Abenaki fished and hunted along with farmed berries and corn. The Abenaki were an honored tribe that took part in many historic events and were honored throughout the U.S and Canada, and are still recognized today.

Why were the Abenaki Important to Colonial Life?

The Abenaki were so important to colonial life simply because of their involvement with the french and indian war. ( see article three to learn more about this event ). During the french and indian war the Abenaki were able to form an alliance with the french and create a haven where them and other tribes were able to relax away from english pressure. Also before the french and indian war when the Abenaki moved up to Quebec, due to english pressure, the french learned they were good at keeping the English at arms length.

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Top Left: An Abenaki Couple

Top right : Abenaki Tribe regionsBottom left: Abenaki Sign

Bottom Right : Abenaki Tribe Elder

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What Historical Events Did the Abenaki Take Part

In and When?In 1697 the Abenaki fled to Canada due to english pressure. The french needed the Abenaki as a buffer to protect Quebec against the English, they provided weapons and enforced hostility against New England. While being refugees in Canada, the Abenaki began to converse with French Jesuits. Jesuits are members from a catholic church. While the Abenaki returned home, Jesuits fallowed. By 1699, 6 jesuits were part of Abenaki villages. The policie of the Jesuits was meant to protect and serve the Abenaki. Instead began to create friction between the English Puritans, who sometimes felt like Jesuits began to target their protestant colonies. Although the issue of religion did continue to create friction between the Abenaki and New England, fighting began because of Massachusetts not being fair to prevent abuse for their citizens on their fronter. Fighting with the Abenaki continued through to 1688-97 until a truce ended the fighting.Another event they took part on was during1724.

In 1724, during the Dummerʼs War, the english overtook the Abenaki town, called Norridgewock. The english captured and killed the Abenakiʼs catholic missionary. About a year later, a party of english came to kill for scalps near an Abenaki village, close to present day maine. Two returning parties of Abenaki villagers, came to take revenge a pon the english who had killed their missionary. After a 10 hour fight the Abenaki retreated, then decided to immigrate to a settlement on the St. Francis River, for a more saver living ground.From 1754 to 1763 during the French and indian war, the french and native americans decided to form an alliance. This binding involved french settlers from one side of Illinois , and the native american tribes on the other. The Abenaki were a tribe involved as well as the Ottawa, Menominee, Winnebago, and many more others. This allowed the native americans and the french to form a haven, before the open conflict between the european powers.

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Where Did The Abenaki Live ?

The Abenaki lived in the New England area of the United S ta tes i n a reg ion ca l l ed Wabanaki, which means the “Dawn Land:” in the eastern Algonquian language. As soon as colonists arrived, the Abenaki had traveled to Canada. The Native Americans could only use the resources that were available to them. To make their houses they used birch bark trees and built large rectangle houses called wigwams or lodges.