Penobscot

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Traditional Penobscot shelter.

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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Traditional Penobscot shelter.

Traditional Penobscot shelter.

Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City (Neg No. 312287)

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.

Indigenous peoples of the American Northeast

Map showing the distribution of the northeasternmost Eastern Woodlands cultures,...

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