Abenaki
noun
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Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Some of the Pilgrims' first visitors were founding people and custodians of the land, including an Abenaki Indian and a member of the Pawtuxet tribe called Squanto.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 20 Aug. 2023
Her lifetime of work will be recognized in Peterborough, N.H., on Sunday, when the Abenaki artist will receive a prestigious Edward MacDowell Medal, joining a club that includes Toni Morrison, David Lynch, and others.
—Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
But to Agnes’ dismay, this hallowed land, formerly Abenaki territory, is threatened with desecration by a local developer who hopes to build a resort and village on Fellowship Point by luring shareholders with the promise of an economic windfall.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2022
The site adds that Haida call the full moon the Berries Ripen Moon, the Anishinaabe prefer the Blooming Moon, the Cherokee call it the Green Corn Moon, and the Western Abenaki refer to it as the Hoer Moon.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2021
The final result is a list of state-specific cuisines, each based on a longstanding diaspora (like Vietnamese food in Louisiana), an Indigenous community (Abenaki in Vermont), or something totally endemic (New Mexican in New Mexico).
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2020
The library also houses a variety of memorabilia and artifacts, including a collection of Abenaki stone tools, and early Vergennes photographs.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
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Word History
Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wǫbanakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners
1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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