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Wabanaki Confederacy

Wabanaki Confederacy
Wabana'ki Mawuhkacik

Location: Northeast North America; Modern-day Maine and Canadian Maritime Provinces

Description:

Member Nations: Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet (Wolastoqey), Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot

Established: 1680

Forcibly disbanded in 1862

Reestablished: 1993

Wabanaki Territories map via the Maine State Museum

Abenaki
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Research starter encyclopedia article about the Abenaki groups and Wabanaki Confederacy.
About the Wabanaki Nations
A brief introduction to the Wabanaki Confederacy and the five Maine member nations from the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor.
Exploring the Wabanaki (People of the Dawn land) Confederacy
An introduction to the Wabanaki Confederacy with links and suggested articles from New Brunswick Community College.
Storm Clouds over Wabanakiak Confederacy Diplomacy Until Dummer's Treaty (1727)
Detailed account of the early Wabanaki Confederacy by Dr. Harald E. L. Prins for The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy)
Information about the territories of the Wabanaki Confederacy from Native Land Digital.
The Wabanaki: People of the Dawnland
An introduction to the history and culture of the Wabanaki people from Acadia National Park, including news and other resources.