Wabanaki Confederacy

Wabanaki Confederacy Wabana'ki Mawuhkacik
1680s–1862 1993–present
Wampum belt Seal
Capital	Panawamskek, Odanak, Sipayik, Lakeland Ridges, and Eelsetkook
Recognised regional languages	Abenaki Wolastoqey-Passamaquoddy Mi'kmawi'simk English French
Religion	Traditional belief systems, including Midewiwin and Glooscap narratives; Christianity, mainly Jesuits
Constituent countries	Mi'kma'ki Wolastokuk Peskotomuhkatihkuk Pαnawαhpskewahki Ndakinna
Government	Tribal Confederation
History
• Established	1680s
• Disestablished	1862 1993–present
• Re-established	1993
Today part of	Canada United States

The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland"^[1]) is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki of St. Francis, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.

There were more tribes, along with many bands, that were once part of the Confederation. Native tribes such as the Norridgewock, Alemousiski, Pennacook, Sokoki, and Canibas, through massacres, tribal consolidation, and ethnic label shifting were absorbed into the five larger national identities.^[2]: 117

Members of the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Wabanaki, are located in and named for the area which they call Wabanakik ("Dawnland"), roughly the area that became the French colony of Acadia.^[3][4] The territory boundaries encompass present-day Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, in the United States, and New Brunswick, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island and some of Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River, Anticosti, and Newfoundland in Canada.