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Algonquian Indians
Algonquian Indians are the North American Indian tribes originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada and speaking an Algonquian language. Many of these tribes migrated south into the woodlands of the Atlantic coast from the Mississippi River. Algonquian Indians are tribes range from the Cheyennes in the Great Plains to the Naskapi Innu in frigid northern Labrador and from the Yurok in California to the Powhatans in Virginia.
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What are the landforms in algonquin park?
Algonquin Park is a very large park located in Ontario, Canada; I would describe it as a forest.
How did the Algonquins adapt to their environment?
they survived by farming fishing and hunting animals
How did the Algonquian travel?
Native Americans traveled by either walking or using a canoe in the water. Later when horses were brought to America, they used horses as well.
What are Algonquin homes made of?
The traditional houses are called "wigwams". They are dome shaped, covered in mats made of cattails or bark, with a hole on the top for the smoke to vent and a hole in the front for a doorway.
How were the Iroquois and Algonquian grouped?
When the British came to take over parts of land in America the Iroquios and the Algonquion joined forces to kill the British
What weapons did the Algonquin people use?
They Used Many Tools Like the Bow and Arrow or Knives. There tools were Usually made out of animal bones and animal hides
What did algonquins use to make food?
Fish was cooked over a fire or over hot stones, meat was cooked the same way.
The corn was ground up into flour, mixed with water and made into dough. This dough was most likely laid on hot flat stones to bake, which made a kind of flat bread.
Small animals were most likely cut up and mixed with other vegetables to make a stew
What is the Algonquin word for windy?
There is a popular legend circulating on the internet about the origin of the name Moose Hill, Massachusetts - that it may derive from the supposed "Algonguin" term moosiap, alleged to mean a windy place. This legend is unlikely to contain even a grain of truth. For one thing, the Algonquin or Algonkin are a Canadian tribe who have never lived in Massachusetts.
There are various terms in the many AlgonquiAn languages for [it is] windy:
Mahican..................sâxen or kshaxen
Ojibwe....................noonin
Algonkin..................nonin
Shawnee.................mes-sich-con-ne
Abenaki...................gzelômsen
Mohegan.................wápáyu-
Powhatan................kikithamots
None of these has any similarity to moosiap.
In Mahican the word for a hill is wujew and place names end in the locative suffix -eg, so in theory *wujew-sâxen-eg would mean "hill-windy-at".
What type of shelter did the potawatomi have?
Patwin is also called the Southern Wintu and are native to Northern California. This tribe's housing had a central post with radiating rafters resting on edges of an earth pit covered with whatever material was available.
Was the algonquians Indians nice people?
Any native American group was "nice" to its friends (whatever "nice" means), but historically could be cruel, savage and extremely violent towards anyone considered to be an enemy. You would not wish to be anywhere near if they took a dislike to you.
In 1782 the American Captain William Crawford was captured after a brief battle with Delawares (an Algonquian tribe). The Delawares were furious about a previous attack on their people by American militia and they took out their revenge on Crawford in a most brutal and barbaric manner. He was savagely tortured for hours before being burned alive.
This incident prompted General George Washington to instruct his troops never to permit themselves to be taken alive by the natives.
What did Algonquins use for shelter?
The Abenaki made both small bark-covered wigwams and larger longhouses (also covered with sheets of bark). Villages might include both types of home, plus a sweatlodge for the men and a large meeting hall.
Wigwams were made in two styles: conical and domed.
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What vegetables did Algonquins eat?
the algonquins ate corn wild berries that they found in forests and they grew plants to eat
Is a tradition the same as a custom?
No.. Tradition exist for long period. while custom does form and exist within short period. Traditions are those processes that are given to new generations by old generations.It (tradition)exists for a long time,while customs are very short processes that are made & finished. SO they are not the same. Traditions are those processes that are given to new generations by old generations.It (tradition)exists for a long time,while customs are very short processes that are made & finished. SO they are not the same.
What did the Algonquins make their homes out of?
Wigwams
Most Algonquian Indians lived together in settled villages during the farming season, but during the winter, each family group would move to their own hunting camp. Wigwams are not portable, but they are small and easy to build. Woodland Indian families could build new wigwams every year when they set up their winter camps.
How were women important to the algonquin way of life?
The women and female children grew vegetables, they sewed, cooked and grinded corn.
Why were the Iroquois enemies with the French?
Well they took the land I think and because queen Elizabeth I gave Raleigh a charter to start a English colony in north america. And I think that the Iroquois didn't get a chater so yah. Doing social studies homework!
