Algonquins (tribe)
See also: Algonquin
The Algonquins are Amerindian people of North America, speaking the Algonquin, a language algonquienne. Culturally and linguistically, they are close to the Ottawa (Outaouais) and of the Ojibwé, with which they form the group of the Anishinaabe which means the " literally; truths men resulting from this terre".
Geographical distribution
Until 1650, Algonquins occupied a vast territory located at the north of the Fleuve the St. Lawrence energy of the lake of the Two-Mountains to the Big lakes. Little time afterwards, they was pushed back by the Iroquois towards the area the Outaouais. Then, colonization forced them to go up towards north, towards the Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Finally, in the middle of the 19th century, forestry development, then the creation of stoppings obliged them with sédentariser on small reserves. While adding that of the Ontario, one arrives to a population bordering the 11.000 individuals. Of Algonquins are also installed in the forests of the North-East of the United States.
Culture
Although their culture was mainly turned towards hunting and fishing, certain Algonquins practiced the Agriculture and cultivated Maïs, Bean S and Marrow S, “Three Sisters” of the indigenous Horticulture. They manufacture several tools.
History
They fought the Iroquois because of their competition in the trade of the furs; formed an alliance with the Innus (Montagnais) of the east in 1570 and with the French in 1603.
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