Pennacook

For the New Hampshire village, see Penacook, New Hampshire.
Pennacook
Total population
extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
southern Maine Maine,
northeastern Massachusetts Massachusetts,
southern New Hampshire New Hampshire
Languages
unattested Algonquian language
Religion
Indigenous religion

The Pennacook, also known by the names Penacook and Pennacock, were Algonquian indigenous people who lived in what is now Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. They were not a united tribe but a network of politically and culturally allied communities.[1] Penacook was also the name of a specific Native village in what is now Concord, New Hampshire.[2]

The Pennacook were related to but not a part of the original Wabanaki Confederacy, which includes the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot peoples.

  1. ^ David Stewart-Smith, "The Pennacook Indians and the New England frontier," p. 6.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cook13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).