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Native American Concord, NH's Indigenous Peoples

Before Columbus, and before the arrival of the French and English, Algonquian-speaking Abenaki tribes called New Hampshire home. Both the Androscoggin and the Pennacook nations lived Along the rivers and forests of the Granite State. Although they spoke similar languages, they had unique cultures and faiths from other Algonquian peoples. The descendants of these people divided into smaller groups. Among them were the Pennacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee peoples.

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