The Native American Indians that lived in New Hampshire were part of the Algonquian Indian family and included the Abenaki and the Pennacook. The Abenakis included the Pequawket and the Ossipee. The Pennacooks included the Amoskeag, Nashua, Piscataqua, Souhegan, and Squamscot. The Abenaki nation was a member of the Wabanaki Confederacy that controlled much of New England and the Canadian Maritimes. The Abenakis themselves are original natives of New England, mostly from New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. After the European colonists came, many of them fled to Canada. The Abenaki today live on two reservations in Quebec. There is no Abenaki Indian Reservation in the United States.

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

• 398.2 for Native American folklore
• 897 for poetry written by Native Americans
• 970's
• 974.2 in books on NH history

• Abnaki Facts for kids
• Abnaki Indian Language Resources
• Index of Native American Organizations
• National Museum of the American Indian
• Native American Tribe Chart
• Native American Encyclopedia
• Native Americans - scroll 1/2 way down for list
• Native North America
• Smithsonian's Native American Museum

Keywords for searching the Catalog/OPAC

• Abenaki or Abnaki (both are accepted spellings)
• Algonquian Indians
• Native Americans
• Indians of North America
• Wigwams

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Last revised: 10/17/05

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