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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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Algonquin: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Updated names of Indigenous groups and population estimate. Apr 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Hudson River Valley Institute - Algonquians in Context: The End of the Spirituality of the Natural World (PDF). Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Canada's History - Algonquin Territory. Nov 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Legends of America - Algonquian Peoples. Mar 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Algonquian Indians. Mar 22, 2017
Deleted photographs. Jul 30, 2015
Add new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Algonquin. Sep 27, 2013
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Algonquian. Sep 16, 2011
Media revised. Oct 29, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 03, 2007
Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2007
Article revised and updated. Feb 02, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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