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The Algonquian are a major North America Native American language group with destinct regional variations. They were one of the largest and most widely dispersed of the major language groups. Algonquian speaking tribes were prevalent in what is now eastern Cnada (including Labrador) from the Atlantic coast west to the Great Lkes and throughout the northeast quadrant of the modern United sTates. Algonquian-speaking tribes dominated along the Atantic coast as far south as North Carolina. As a result, they were the tribes encounteed by the early English settlers. The first English settlers at Jamestown encountered the Powhatan. The subsequent Englih settlers in Plymouth Colony encountered several different Algonquian-speaking tribes. The various tribes were diverse. And while they shared linguistic rellations, this is not mean the various tribes were linguistially inteligibe. This varied from trobe to tribe. There were also shared cultural practices, but this also varied from tribe to tribe. Some of the tribes had developed agriculture, but not peranent settlement. And some of the tribes had not yet developed agriculture in a majpr way. Most Algonquian-speaking tribes lived primarily by hunting and fishing and gatering nuts, berries, and roots. Many tribes had begun to supplement their diets by growing corn, beans and squash--often referred to as the 'Three Sisters'. The Ojibwe (Chippewa) people of south-eastern Canada were known for growing wild rice. Economic practives varied regionally depending in part on local resources and climate.
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