Algonquin
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The Algonquins (or Algonkins) are an aboriginal North America people speaking Algonquin, an Anishinaabe language. 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.
The term "Algonquin" derives from the Maliseet word elakómkwik , "they are our relatives/allies".The tribe has also given its...
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