Total population | |
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extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
southern Maine ![]() northeastern Massachusetts ![]() southern New Hampshire ![]() | |
Languages | |
unattested Algonquian language | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion |
The Pennacook, also known by the names Penacook and Pennacock, were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who lived in 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. David Stewart-Smith argues that the Penacook are Central Abenaki people.[3]