Missisquoi Abenaki people

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The Missisquoi Abenaki people are an Indigenous Abenaki community historically centered around the Missisquoi River and Lake Champlain region of what is now Vermont and southern Québec.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abenaki subgroup
Indigenous people
conflictHistory displacement during European colonization
involvement in Anglo-French colonial wars
country Canada
United States
culturalPractice basketry
oral tradition
seasonal migration
demographics population reduced by disease and displacement after European contact
ethnicGroupOf Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki
federalRecognitionStatus not federally recognized in the United States
governingBodyType tribal government
historicalEconomy fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
indigenousTo New England
Northeastern North America
Vermont
southern Québec
language Western Abenaki language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
partOf Wabanaki peoples
primaryLocation Highgate, Vermont
Missisquoi Bay, Québec
linked to: Missisquoi Bay

Swanton, Vermont
recognizedBy State of Vermont
linked to: Vermont
region Wabanaki Confederacy homelands
relatedEthnicGroup Maliseet people
Mi'kmaq people
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Odanak Abenaki
linked to: Abenaki

Passamaquoddy people
Penobscot people
Wôlinak Abenaki
linked to: Abenaki
religion Christianity
traditional Abenaki spirituality
selfGoverningBody Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
stateRecognitionStatus state-recognized tribe in Vermont
subgroupOf Western Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki
timePeriod colonial era
pre-contact period
present
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Eastern Townships of Québec
linked to: Eastern Townships

Lake Champlain region
Missisquoi Bay
Missisquoi River
northwestern Vermont

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Missisquoi dialect spokenBy Missisquoi Abenaki people
Missisquoi dialect associatedPeople Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
linked to: Missisquoi Abenaki people
St. Francis-Sokoki dialect associatedWith Missisquoi Abenaki community
linked to: Missisquoi Abenaki people
Missisquoi Abenaki people selfGoverningBody Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
linked to: Missisquoi Abenaki people