Wabanaki Confederacy

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Wabanaki Confederacy
The Waponahkiyik, known in English as the Wabanaki Confederacy, is a historical confederacy located in the Wabanaki (Dawnland) area, now called New England (particularly MaineVermont and New Hampshire) and the Canadian Maritimes (particularly Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.)Members of the Wabanaki Confederacy—the Wabanaki peoples, or simply the Wabanakis—consisted of five Algonquian tribes:AbenakiMíkmaq (Mi'kmaq or Micmac) Penawapskewi (Penobscot)Pestomuhkati (Passamaquoddy)Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet or Malicite) and were closely allied with the Innu and Algonquin, and with the Iroquoian-speaking Wyandot. With the 1749 treaty, Great Britain joined the Wabanaki Confederacy.
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