Cowasuck

Cowasuck
Goasək
Western Abenaki territory
Historical Cowasuck territory, c. 17th century
Total population
Unknown, most merged with St. Francis Abenaki in the late 18th century[1]
Regions with significant populations
New Hampshire, Vermont, Quebec
Languages
Abenaki language
Religion
Indigenous religion, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
other Western Abenaki people

The Cowasuck, also known as Cowass, is an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in northeastern North America and the name of their primary settlement.

Linguistically and culturally the Cowasuck belong to the Western Abenaki and the Wabanaki Confederacy.[2] They are Western Abenaki who live in and around the village of Cowass, which became Newbury, Vermont.[3]

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  2. ^ Day, Gornon M. (April 1981). "Abenaki Place-Names in the Champlain Valley". International Journal of American Linguistics. 47 (2). University of Chicago Press: 144. doi:10.1086/465683. JSTOR 1264435. S2CID 143643483.
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