Algonquian peoples
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The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups. Today, thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples. Historically, the peoples were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and into the interior along the Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes. This grouping consists of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages.
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List of Historic Algonquian Speaking Peoples
- Gros Ventre
- Blackfoot Confederacy
- Kispoko
- Cree
- Croatan
- Meskwaki
- Menominee
- Illinois Confederation
- Lenape
- Mahican
- Maliseet
- Mascouten
- Miami people
- Mi'kmaq
- Missiquoi
- Nanticoke people
- Odawa
- Ojibwe
- Passamaquoddy
- Pennacook
- Penobscot
- Pequot
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Roanoke people
- Sauk people
- Cheyenne
- Hathawekela
- Wampanoag
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