Wabanaki Confederacy
Language Easterner ( s ) literally Dawn Person ( s ) Dawn Land ( nominative ) Dawn Land ( locative ) Dawn Land Person Dawn Land People or the Wabanaki Confederacy
Quiripi language Wampano ( ak ) Wampanoki
Mi'kmaq Wabanahk Wabanahkik Wabanahki Wabanahkiyik
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Waponu ( wok ) Waponahk Waponahkik Waponahkew Waponahkiyik/Waponahkewiyik
Abenaki-Penobscot Wôbanu ( ok ) Wôbanak Wôbanakik Wôbanaki Wôbanakiak
Algonquin Wàbano ( wak ) Wàbanaki Wàbanakìng Wàbanakì Wàbanakìk
Ojibwe Waabano ( wag ) Waabanaki Waabanakiing Waabanakii Waabanakiig/Waabanakiiyag
Odawa Waabno ( wag ) Waabnaki Waabnakiing Waabnakii Waabnakiig/Waabnakiiyag
Potawatomi Wabno ( weg ) Wabneki Wabnekig Wabneki Wabnekiyeg
`` Wabanaki Confederacy '' in various indigenous languages
The term Wabanaki Confederacy in many Algonquian languages literally means `` Dawn Land People '' .
The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to People of the Dawn or Easterner) are a First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal nations: the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot. Members of the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Wabanaki peoples, are in and named for the area which they call Wabanahkik (Dawnland), roughly the area that became the French colony of Acadia. It is made up of most of present-day Maine in the United States, and New Brunswick, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island and some of Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. The Western Abenaki live on lands in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts of the United States.