Algonquin tribe biography

Native North American ethnic group

This article is about the numerous peoples speaking Algonquian languages. For the "Algonquin" of Quebec and Ontario, see Algonquin people.

The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American indigenous North American groups, consisting of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages.

They historically were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and in the interior regions along Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes.^[2]

Before contact with Europeans, most Algonquian settlements lived by hunting and fishing, with many of them supplementing their diet by cultivating corn, beans and squash (the "Three Sisters").

The Ojibwe cultivated wild rice.^[3]

Colonial period

Further information: Colonial history of the United States

At the time of the first European settlements in North America, Algonquian peoples resided in present-day Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, New Englan