They were a nomadic tribe of hunter gatherers of the jungles of southern Surinam, and were discovered by the outside world in 1968. Mentioned in Histories: 1 Parallel Stories: 1.Īkuriyo - a South American Carib tribe of Surinam. In recent times they have shed their invisibility and have become both more numerous and more prosperous. To survive in the following centuries, many Abenakis passed as French Canadians, or lived so far off in the wilderness that there presence was never detected by the settlers. In time, especially after the American Revolution, most of their lands fell into the hands of white settlers. When New France fell to the British, the Abenakis were more hard pressed. Raids were made back and forth between the English and Abenakis, and although the Abenakis lost much of their lands in the south, they were able to hold the English at bay for nearly a century. In the colonial wars between the English and the French, the Abenakis generally sided with the more tolerant French against the aggressive and assimilative English. However, many of the whites who were captured by the Abenaki or fled to them, found their culture so agreeable that they were reluctant to return to the European roots. Many were converted to Christianity by French Catholic missionaries or Puritans. The Abenaki experienced epidemics in 16 of Euro-American origin, which decimated their population. Most of the Abenakis practiced at least some agriculture, although some other seem to have been almost entirely dependent upon hunting. The broader Wabanaki Confederacy includes the Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, and Micmac. The Abenaki tribes or bands consisted of the Sokokis, the Cowasucks, the Missisquois, the Pennacooks, the Pigwackets, the Androscoggins, the Penobscots, Norridgewocks, Wawenocks, and Kennebecs. Lawrence River basin and south down into Maine and northern Massachusetts. In their own language they are known as the "Wabanaki." Their territory streatched from Lake Champlain up the St. A B C D E F G H I-J K L M N O P Q R S T U-V W-X Y Z NotesĪbenaki - a group of loosely affiliated tribes speaking an Algonquian dialect.
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