*Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages.* A native American language group that includes Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Massachusett, Mohican, Mohegan, Pequot, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Piscataway, and Powhatan; and farther west Blackfoot, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Menominee, Cree, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Sauk-Fox-Kickapoo, Shawnee, Miami-Illinois-Peoria. Tribes considered part of the Algonquian peoples include: New England: [Abenaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki "Abenaki"), [Maliseet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliseet),  [Massachusett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusett "Massachusett"), [Miꞌkmaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%EA%9E%8Ckmaq "Miꞌkmaq"),  [Mohegan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohegan "Mohegan"), [Narragansett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_people "Narragansett people"), [Nipmuc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipmuc "Nipmuc"), [Patuxet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patuxet), [Pennacook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennacook "Pennacook"), [Penobscot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot "Penobscot"), [Passamaquoddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passamaquoddy "Passamaquoddy"), [Penobscot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot),  [Pequot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot "Pequot"), [Piscataway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway_people), [Pocumtuc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocumtuc "Pocumtuc"), [Podunk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podunk_people "Podunk people"), [Quinnipiac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinnipiac "Quinnipiac"), [Tunxis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunxis "Tunxis"), [Wabanaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy), [Wampanoag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people). New York: [Mohican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahican "Mahican") Southeast: [Chowanoke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowanoke), [Croatan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatan), [Pamunkey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamunkey), [Powhatan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_people) Central: [Algonquin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_people) of Ontario, [Anishinaabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anishinaabe), [Cree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cree), [Kickapoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickapoo_people), [Menominee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menominee), [Mississaugas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississaugas), [Nipissing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipissing_First_Nation), [Odawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odawa), [Ojibwe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe), [Peoria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_tribe), [Potawatomi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potawatomi), [Shawnee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee),