Algonquian tribes

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"Algonquian" is not the name of a native tribe or nation; it is a language family, like "romance" or "indo-euoropean". There are no "Algonquian Indians". There are dozens of North American Nations that speak Algonquian languages all across the United States, but the languages and their speakers are as different from each other as French and Spanish and Italian are. Most of the New England tribes spoke Algonquian languages, and many of the "Indian" words common in English today - such as raccoon, succotash, Massachusetts, moccasin, etc. - are from one or another of the Algonquian languages, such as Abenaki, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Penboscot, Shawnee, Delaware, etc."