Who are the Algonquian Indians?
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"The Algonquins (also spelled Algonkians or Algonkins) are aboriginal/First Nations inhabitants of North American who speak Algonquin. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anicinàpe grouping. The Algonquin peoples call themselves either Omàmiwinini (plural: Omàmiwininiwak) or the more generalised name of Anicinàpe.
Though known by several names in the past, the most common term "Algonquin" derives from the Maliseet word elakómkwik (IPA: ɛlæˈɡomoɡwik), "they are our relatives/allies". The tribe has also given its name to the much larger heterogeneous group of Algonquian-speaking peoples who stretch from Virginia to the Rocky Mountains and north to Hudson Bay. Most Algonquins, however, live in Quebec; the nine Algonquin bands in that province and one in Ontario have a combined population of about 11,000. (Popular usage reflects some confusion on the point, in that the term "Algonquin" is sometimes used — for example in this entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia — to refer to all Algonquian-speaking societies)."
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M$The Algonquins (also spelled Algonkians or Algonkins) are aboriginal/First Nations inhabitants of North American who speak Algonquin.1 Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anicinàpe grouping. The Algonquin peoples call themselves either Omàmiwinini (plural: Omàmiwininiwak) or the more generalised name of Anicinàpe.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin
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The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American Native language groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds. Today hundreds of thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples. This grouping consists of peoples that speak Algonquian languages.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_peoples
Are the Algonquian pre-columbian?
Yes they are pre-columbian. The first met the Europeans in the summer of 1603.
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Pre-colonial period
Algonquian couple, 18th-century
Algonquian village on the Pamlico River about the year 1590
Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquians lived by hunting and fishing, although quite a few supplemented their diet by cultivating corn, beans, squash, and (particularly among the Ojibwe) wild rice.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_peoples
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The territory, Virginia to the Rocky Mountains and North to Hudson Bay describes a nation, The Anicinape grouping seems to be a nation. Did they have one Chief?
The population count of 11,000 seems magnitudes short of a group count that could span, such a large area. What is your source for population?
Please, explain the Algonquin history in the last 100 years.