How to Use Abenaki in a Sentence

Abenaki

noun
  • Those were the first words that Samoset, an Abenaki leader, spoke to the Pilgrims at Plymouth colony.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For example, the Cherokee people call it the snow moon while the Abenaki tribe refers to it as the winter maker moon.
    — Gina Park, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
  • For example, the Cherokee people call it the snow moon while the Abenaki tribe refers to it as the winter maker moon.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Indigenous tribes such as the Abenaki and the Wampanoag, among others, have lived in the region for 30,000 years.
    — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t miss the exhibit on the lives of the Abenaki, the Indigenous people who first lived on and called the land N’dakinna, at the Carter Collections Center.
    — Robin Catalano, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2022
  • The Western Abenaki know it as the hoer moon and the Anishinaabe as the blooming moon, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
    — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • It’s often called the Corn Moon, the Corn Maker Moon (Western Abenaki people), and the Corn Harvest Moon (Dakota people).
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Other cultural names include Blooming Moon (Anishinaabe), Green Corn Moon (Cherokee) and Hoer Moon (Western Abenaki).
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The final result is a list of state-specific cuisines, each based on a longstanding diaspora (like Vietnamese food in Louisiana), an Indigenous community (Abenaki in Vermont), or something totally endemic (New Mexican in New Mexico).
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2020

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