Bruchac, Margaret2023-05-222023-05-222006-01-012016-12-23https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1420Abenaki is a common generic term for the Native American Indian peoples of northern New England, southeastern Canada, and the Maritimes. These peoples are also known as Wabanaki (Eastern Abenaki – Maine and the Canadian Maritimes) or Wôbanakiak (Western Abenaki – New Hampshire, Vermont, and southeastern Canada). In the Native language Wôbanakiak roughly translates to mean “People of the Dawn.”Posted with permission from the Vermont Folklife Center (https://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/).AnthropologySocial and Behavioral SciencesArticle