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Facts

Also Known As	Algonquian • Algonkian • Algonkin

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Traditional Algonquin dress

Crop fertility dance of an Algonkian tribe in Virginia, detail of an engraving by Theodor de Bry after a watercolour by John White, 1590. In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History ans Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 31x22 cm.

Map of northern North America showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples in the subarctic region, with labeled areas for groups such as Deg Xinag, Gwich'in, Tanaina, Slave, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Ojibwa, Innu, and others. Solid and dashed lines indicate cultural and drainage divisions across Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States.

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Topics

American Subarctic peoples Cree Carrier Deg Xinag Tahltan Innu Tanaina Beaver Chipewyan Mi’kmaq Gwich’in

Key People

John Cooper

John M. Cooper

American anthropologist

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Frank Gouldsmith Speck

American anthropologist

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