A member of a Native American people originally from what is now Maine and adjacent areas, or their Algonquian language.
From the Abnaki/Abenaki language name, likely derived from an Algonquian root meaning 'people of the dawn' or 'easterners,' referring to their eastern location relative to other Algonquian peoples.
The Abnaki (also spelled Abenaki) were crucial allies and sometime adversaries to European colonists in northeastern North America, and their language preservation efforts today are revitalizing a crucial Indigenous linguistic heritage.
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