Great Lakes and Northeast Indian Genealogy Forum
This message board covers a geographic area extending roughly from northern Wisconsin to the Atlantic in the east and from the southern sub-arctic line in Canada to the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the south.
This culture area includes three linguistic families:
Algonkian Linguistic Family
Iroquoian Linguistic Family
Siouan Linguistic Family
Consideration of these tribes from the standpoint of language is very useful to the genealogist. It helps us understand how tribes were, later, grouped on reservations. It tells us what their pre-contact (with Europeans) migrations might have been. It gives insight to the reasons certain tribes formed certain alliances during the Colonial, Revolutionary and more recent historical periods. It also presents many mysteries concerning the dissemination or diaspora of the Indian Nations throughout history.
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Remember, please, that the tribe lists and geographic areas described are approximate and the dilineations are soft. If your people are from an area nearby or are not listed but known to be in the area, please don't hesitate to post your message.
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Within the Algonkian Linguistic Family of the Great Lakes and Northern Woodland culture areas are the following tribes:
NE Wisconsin
Southern Ojibwa or Chippewa
S Ontario
Nipigon
Ojibwa
Michipicoten
Mattagami
Timagami
Dokis
Nipissing
Eastern Ojibwa
Mississauga
Golden Lake
Minnesota
Ottawa
Mascouten
Potawatomi
Illinois
Fox
Kickapoo
Kaskaskia
Moingwena
Illini
Tamaroa
Cahokia
Michigamea
Peoria
Potawatomi
Indiana
Potawatomi
Miami
Wea
Piankashaw
N Kentucky
Shawnee
Ohio
Masapelea
Miami
Gaspe Peninsula and S Quebec
Timiskaming
Algonkin
Manouane
Maniwaki
Labrador and the Canadian Maritimes
Micmac
Malecite
New England
Penobscot
Passamaquoddy
Western Abenaki
Eastern Abenaki
Pennacook
Pocumtuc
Nipmuc
Massachusett
Nauset
Wampanoag
Pokanoke
Narraganset
Tunxis
Mohegan
Paugusset
Metoac (Montauk, Shinnecock, Poosepatuck)
Atlantic States
Mahican
Wappinger
Musee
Rockaway
Delaware
Unami
Piscataway
Nanticoke
Choptank
Conoy
Powhatan
Coastal Virginia and the Carolinas
Chickahominy
Mattapony
Nansemond
Pamunkey
Potomac
Rappahannock
Weapemeac
Chowanoc
Roanoke
Machapunga
Pamlico
Secotan
Hatteras
Bear River
Neusiak
Coree
Iroquoian Linguistic Family of the Great Lakes and Northern Woodland Culture Areas
Northern Quebec
Huron of Lorette
S Ontario
Peun or Tobacco Nations
Huron
Wenro
Neutral
Wyandot
Central and Western New York
Iroquois
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Tuscarora
Seneca
Western Pennsylvania
Susquehannock
Erie
Eastern Ohio
Mingo
Siouan Linguistic Family of the Great Lakes and Northern Woodland Culture Area
Southern Wisconsin and Minnesota
Winnebago
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Reference Books which can be consulted for details on these tribes include:
Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. Frederick Hodge. New York, Greenwood Press [1969]2 v. illus. 27 cm.
The Gale encyclopedia of Native American tribes / edited by Sharon Malinowski ... [et al.].Detroit : Gale, c1998.4 v.
The Indian tribes of North America / John R. Swanton.Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.726 p. ; 23 cm
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How to Write and Manage a Genealogical Query
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REMEMBER: You will be consulting people who are experts in their fields and very busy. An incomplete or improperly written query will probably garner a "sorry, no information" answer from most other experts. However, I am dedicated to teaching genealogy as well as answering questions in my area of interest, so, do, please, keep a copy of this instruction and consult it when you make your next request for information.
REMEMBER: In writing your query, answer the following questions, so far as you are able. If the information you have is uncertain, follow it with a question mark (?).
If you have no information about a detail, place a blank area in the query ( _______ ).
Abbreviate birth (b), marriage (m) and death (d). If you have to list more than one marriage write them (m1), (m2), etc.
-YOUR QUERY SHOULD ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS-
1. Who is the person you want to find information about (if a female, give her maiden name, or, if none is known, explain)?
2. When and where was this person born (b), where and when did he die (d), where and when did he marry (m)?
3. Who did this person marry? Where did this person marry?
4. Who were the children that resulted from the marriage (b, d, m) and what were the names of their spouses (no further information needed for the children's spouses unless there is some pertinent reason to add more)?
5. Who were the parents (b,d,m) of the person on whom you are focusing (question #1)? Where and when did they live and die, etc?
6. Who were the siblings (brothers and sisters) (b,d,m) of the person on whom you are focusing (question #1)? Where and when did they live and die, etc?
7. With what tribe(s) do you think your focus person was associated?
8. Why do you think your focus person was Indian (physical characteristics, family story, Indian name, proximity to tribes, etc.)?
-TO PREPARE AND USE YOUR QUERY-
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