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n. - A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec.

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  • In a large number of these villages the Algonkin language was spoken.
  • Algonkin nations scattered over the whole northern part of the continent.
  • In the Dakota and Algonkin dialects 2 is almost always related to "arms" or "hands," and in the Athapaskan to
  • One of the Algonkin tribes told how the queen of heaven, Atahensic, had a grievous quarrel with her lord, Atahocan.
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