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	Abnaki. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The name Abnaki was given to them by the French; properly it should be Wabanaki, a word that refers to morning and the east and may be interpreted as those “living at the sunrise.” The Abnaki lived mostly in what is now Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
		Abnaki legend has it that they came from the Southwest, but the exact time is unsure.
		The Abnaki resided in settled villages, often surrounded by palisades, and lived by growing corn, fishing, and hunting.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ab/Abnaki.html (271 words)

	USS Abnaki (ATF-96) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		USS Abnaki (ATF-96) was the lead ship of the Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tugs in the service of the United States Navy, named after the Abenaki tribe of Native Americans.
		Abnaki's direct support for United Nations forces in Korea ended in February 1952, and she resumed service in Western and Central Pacific waters somewhat removed from the designated combat zone.
		However, the fleet tug stopped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from 6 to 19 January 1968 to have the patch on the hull of the barge she was towing replaced.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /USS_Abnaki_%28ATF-96%29 (3852 words)

	Abnaki on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The name Abnaki was given to them by the French; properly it should be Wabanaki, a word that refers to morning and the east and may be interpreted as those “living at the sunrise.” The Abnaki lived mostly in what is now Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
		Abnaki legend has it that they came from the Southwest, but the exact time is unsure.
		The Abnaki resided in settled villages, often surrounded by palisades, and lived by growing corn, fishing, and hunting.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Abnaki.asp (370 words)

	YMCA Camp Abnaki - A Resident Camp for Boys on Lake Champlain in Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		YMCA Camp Abnaki - A Resident Camp for Boys on Lake Champlain in Vermont
		Founded in 1901 by Byron "Dad" Clark, Camp Abnaki continues to provide a quality camping experience for boys.
		A tradition of commitment to the individual makes Abnaki what it is today, a camp that cares about a boy's needs and feelings.
	www.campabnaki.org (204 words)

	Abenaki - Indians of Canada and Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Linguistically the Abnaki do not appear to be more closely related to the Micmac than to the Delaware group, and Dr. William Jones finds the Abnaki closely related to the central Algonquian languages.
		In 1604, Champlain ascended the Penobscot to the vicinity of the present Bangor, and met the "lord" of Norumbega, doubtless an Abnaki chief.
		Although really a part of the Abnaki, they were frequently classed as a distinct body, while on the other hand the Pennacook tribes, although distinct from the Abnaki, were often classed with them on account of their connection during the Indian wars and after their removal to Canada.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/abenaki.htm (1507 words)

	Abnaki History
		The mythical accounts of Norumbega of the early writers and navigators finally dwindled, a village of a few bark covered huts under the name Agguncia, situated near the mouth of Penobscot River, in the country of the Abnaki.
		From that time the Abnaki formed an important factor in the history of the region now embraced in the state of Maine.
		The Abnaki formed an early attachment for the French, chiefly through the influence of their missionaries, and carried on an almost constant war with the English until the fall of the French power in America.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/abenaki/abenakihist3.htm (305 words)

	USS Abnaki
		Abnaki (ATF-96) was laid down on 28 November 1942 at Charleston, S.C., by the Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched on 22 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs.
		Relieved of that mission on the 23d, Abnaki steamed to My Tho where she picked up a tow on the 27th and shared a course for Sasebo.
		On 16 August 1978, Abnaki began preparations for decommissioning, and transfer to the Mexican Navy.
	www.multied.com /Navy/SubmarineChasers/Abingdom.html (3861 words)

	Abnaki
		She arrived in the Canal Zone on 9 May, transited the canal, and continued her voyage from Balboa on the 16th with an Army dredge in tow.
		There, Abnaki turned her charge over to Nipmuc (ATF-157) and headed back to Oahu for operations in Hawaiian waters through the summer.
		Abnaki (ATF-96) keeps the Soviet trawler Gidrofon under surveillance in the South China Sea, December 1967, in this view taken by Chief Photographer Neal Crowe.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a1/abnaki.htm (3884 words)

	Acadia National Park -- History
		More is known about the Abnaki people, who inhabited the island at the time the first Europeans made contact in the 1500s.
		Originally it was believed the Abnakis traveled to Pemetic - or "sloping land," as they called the island - by birch-bark canoe from their winter homes near the Penobscot River's headwaters.
		Some historians believe it to be an Abnaki word; others say it is a corruption of Arcadia, an equally scenic and inspiring region of Ancient Greece.
	americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ac/history (1303 words)

	St. Mary's History: Chapter 1: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Druillettes was commissioned on August 28, 1646 by Charles Huault de Mortmagny, Governor of Quebec, to journey to the land of the Abnaki tribe and spread the word of God.
		The Governor of Quebec was wary of sending anyone to the land of the Abnakis and kept the Indian delegation at the mission of St. Joseph of Sillery, Canada, for several months prior to granting approval for the expedition.
		The Abnakis built the "Small Chapel of Boards" on the east side of the Kennebec a few miles north of the Plymouth Trading Post.
	www.augustacatholicparishes.org /History/chapter1.html (1275 words)

	Penobscot-Abenaki Language (AbÃ©nakis, Abenaquis, Abnaki, Abenaqui, Abnakis, Alnobak)
		Sadly, the last fully fluent speaker of Penobscot or Eastern Abnaki has passed on, but several elders know something of the language and are working to revive the language in the Penobscot Nation today.
		People: The Abnakis and Penobscots, together with the Maliseets, the Passamaquoddys, and the Mi'kmaqs, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, traditional adversaries of the Iroquois.
		These allies from the eastern seaboard spoke related languages, and "Abnaki" and "Wabanaki" have the same Algonquian root, meaning "people from the east." Today there are about 12,000 Abnakis living in New England and Quebec (where they fled British aggression in the 1600's), and 3000 Penobscots living primarily in Maine.
	www.native-languages.org /abna.htm (400 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Francis Mission
		The Algonquin, Montagnais, and Micmac of Canada as well as the Nipmuc and others of southern New England were also largely represented, but from the final preponderance of the Abnaki their language became that of the mission.
		Among the Jesuit workers at St. Francis the most distinguished name is that of the venerable Father Joseph Aubéry, in charge from 1709 until his death in 1755, who before coming to the mission had served ten years with the Micmac of Nova Scotia.
		Having mastered the Abnaki language he wrote much in it, his most important contribution being a manuscript French-Abnaki dictionary, which is still preserved in the archives of the mission.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13348a.htm (369 words)

	New work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Abnaki are undeniably here, in the design of life, and in the very breath of this place.
		It is Abnaki, everywhere we look, "as long as the grass grows and the rivers flow," this place and the Abnaki cannot be seperated.
		The Abnaki were once over 40,000 strong, according to some sorces, and now down to 400, mostly on a reservation in Quebec, Canada.
	crossroadstudio.com /sys-tmpl/abenakiforest (687 words)

	Native Americans - Abnaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The name Abnaki was given to them by the French, but properly it should be Wabanaki, a word that refers to morning and the east and may be interpreted as those living at the sunrise.
		After a series of bloody conflicts with British colonists, the Abnaki and related tribes (the Malecite, the Passamaquoddy, the Pennacook, the Penobscot, and others) withdrew into Canada, where they received protection from the French.
		The Abnaki were in settled villages, often surrounded by palisades, and lived by growing corn, fishing, and hunting.
	www.nativeamericans.com /Abnaki.htm (263 words)

	Swtext Maine Tribes 1d
		The Abnaki belonged to the Algonquian linguistic family, their closest connections with their neighbors to the east and west.
		The Abnaki and their neighbors claim to have immigrated into their historic seats from the southwest.
		The Penobscot belonged to the Algonquian linguistic stock, their nearest connections being the Abnaki, Passamaquoddy, Malecite, and Pennacook, with whom they were frequently classed under the name of the first mentioned.
	www.hiddenhistory.com /PAGE3/swsts/maine1.HTM (1636 words)

	People of the Dawn - c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the summer the Abnaki either stayed in the village or went to upland lakes.
		Late fall, during the moose rut, the Abnaki engaged in another hunting season in the family hunting territories.
		After the hunt, they would remain in the village during the dead of winter living off their stores of food until it was time to again go hunting in February.
	www.lsc.vsc.edu /faculty/yalea/VTR/DawnPeople.htm (582 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Penobscot Indians
		The beginning of missionary work among the Abnaki was by the Jesuits Pierre Biard and Enemond Massé, of the French post of Port-Royal (Annapolis, Nova Scotia), in 1611.
		Shortly afterward it was estimated that one-third of the Abnaki had been exterminated by war, disease, or exposure within seven years.
		In their aboriginal condition the Abnaki tribes were semi-sedentary, dwelling in villages of communal wigwams covered with bark or woven mats, each village having also a larger central town-house for public gatherings.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11644a.htm (1001 words)

	Abnaki
		Abnaki or Abenaki, Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see
		a word that refers to morning and the east and may be interpreted as those “living at the sunrise.” The Abnaki lived mostly in what is now Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
		), the Abnaki and related tribes (the Malecite, the Micmac, the Passamaquoddy, the Pennacook, the Penobscot, and others) withdrew into Canada, where they received protection from the French.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0802187.html (272 words)

	Abnaki Lodge Grand Master's visit April 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although the weather was cool with a light rain it did not diminish the warm, friendly atmosphere provided by Worshipful Master, James Stuart, his officers and members, who also cooked up a variety of dishes for the hungry horde.
		Several brethren were given the opportunity to say a few words before the Grand Master closed the meeting with a few fitting remarks of his own.
		Abnaki Lodge is probably one of the smallest Lodges in the province, but takes a back seat to none when it comes to the size of its heart.
	www.glnb.ca /events/dist5/abnaki_apr2305.html (240 words)

	History1
		Abnaki passed between Capes Henry and Charles on her way to her new
		the Abnaki departed for Saipan with YF 977 in tow.
		The Abnaki arrived at Manus on January the 28th and began preparing a convoy consisting of
	members.aol.com /petepilg/Abnaki.html (811 words)

	Vault Vista - American Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Abnaki are famous in history as having been the Indians who gave the Massachusetts colonists much trouble in the early eighteenth century.
		The Abnaki confederacy consisted of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Malecite tribes, and descendants of these still live in Maine.
		The Abnaki believed their good god, Kechi Niwaskw, created the first man and woman out of stone and, not being satisfied with them, destroyed them and made another pair out of wood.
	www.bajeca.com /vault/v.htm (294 words)

	Abnaki District - Pine Tree Council BSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Abnaki District serves scouts in the counties of Androscoggin and Oxford counties.
		The Abnaki District hosts many meetings and events throughout the year.
		Please note the events on this calendar were taken from the 2004-2005 Council Calendar, and may have changed since the calendar was printed.
	www.pinetreebsa.org /districts/abnaki.html (114 words)

	Home
		We serve over 4,500 girls in northern, eastern and central Maine.
		Over one thousand volunteers commit to the mission of Abnaki Council, to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
		Visit www.GoodSearch.com and type Abnaki Girl Scout Council in the "I support" field.
	www.abnakigsc.org (124 words)

	USS Abnaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Abnaki was also home ported in Pearl Harbor and the transfer was about 50 feet across the pier.
		Made one WestPac cruise on Abnaki under Lt. Louis A. Downey as Skipper.
		One reunion was held in San Diego, CA in 2003.
	www.oldsnipe.com /uss1.htm (207 words)

	Native Americans: Penobscot Indian Tribe (Penobscot Nation, Penobscott, Penobscots)
		Language:: Abnaki is an Algonquian language spoken today by only a few elders in Canada.
		Penobscot or Eastern Abenaki, a dialect mutually comprehensible with Abnaki, was once spoken in Maine.
		Sadly, the last fully fluent speaker of Penobscot Abenaki has passed on, but several elders know something of the language and are working to revive the language in the Penobscot Nation today.
	www.native-languages.org /penobscot.htm (929 words)

	Abnaki Alumni Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For more than a century, Abnaki has built friendships and life skills for thousands of young men.
		I have been with other Abnaki alumns about how one would expect that a summer camp such as ours would have an active Alumni Association.
		The project would be passed to alumni all over the globe and help others to recapture their memories passed on the shores of Lake Champlain.
	www.oldabnaki.net /welcome.html (208 words)

	Abnaki Type Birch Bark Canoes
		Rockered bottom canoes are particularly well suited to rough water, both white water and the large waves of windy lakes.
		Very little information exists on the decoration of Abnaki canoes, as surviving examples built in the later period are usually undecorated.
		However, it can be presumed from other implements that have been preserved, that the Abnaki stylistically followed the tradtions of their malecite - penobscot relatives.
	www.birchbarkcanoe.net /abnakicanoes.htm (406 words)

	YMCA Camp Abnaki: FACILITIES
		Camp Abnaki offers organizations the opportunity to get away from the city or office and hold their conference, training, retreat or business functions on beautiful Lake Champlain.
		You can also choose to cook your own food in our modern dining hall facility or have our staff prepare delicious meals for you.
		Camp Abnaki is taking reservations for groups during its off season.
	www.campabnaki.org /facilities.shtml (277 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gabriel Druillettes
		On the same day that Jogues was sent to the Mohawks, 26 August, 1646, Druillettes was given a mission among the Abnaki, on the Kennebec.
		But he did not resume his work until 1650, and when he left Quebec the second time it was as envoy of the Government to negotiate a treaty at Boston with the Puritans of New England for commercial purposes, as well as for mutual protection against the Iroquois.
		He returned to the Kennebec in January, and in the following June was again sent as French commissioner to attend a meeting of the representatives of the English colonists at New Haven, September, 1651.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05164a.htm (684 words)

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		Moassones, from a name applied to their country; perhaps from Penobscot Maweshenook, "berry place." Narankamigdok epitsik arenanbak, "villages of the Narankamigdog," said to be a collective name for all the Abnaki villages.
		Connections - The Abnaki belonged to the Algonquian linguistic family, their closest connections with their neighbors to the east and west.
		History - The Abnaki and their neighbors claim to have immigrated into their historic seats from the southwest.
	americanindian.net /StatesM.html (16707 words)

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