Algonquian Peoples

The Algonquian Peoples are groups of people who speak Algonquian languages. In the real world, they are well-established as both a linguistic and cultural grouping, but in the universe of 'Merganser,' the science of Algonquian languages or peoples is never addressed. However, the relationship between "Central Algonquian" and "Eastern Algonquian" is common knowledge in the 'Merganser' universe, while the relationship between Central/Eastern Algonquians and the Plains Algonquians is at times referenced, rejected or pondered pretty half-heartedly. There are two general ways to group the Algonquian languages, the geographic way and genetic way.

Geographic Groupings

 * 1) Plains Algonquian
 * 2) Blackfoot
 * 3) Arapahoan
 * 4) Arapaho
 * 5) Gros Ventre
 * 6) Cheyenne
 * 7) Central Algonquian
 * 8) Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
 * 9) Menominee
 * 10) Anishinaabe
 * 11) Ojibwe
 * 12) Potawatomi
 * 13) Sauk-Fox-Kickapoo
 * 14) Shawnee
 * 15) Miami-Illinois
 * 16) Eastern Algonquian
 * 17) Mi'kmaq
 * 18) Abenaki
 * 19) Western Abenaki
 * 20) Eastern Abenaki
 * 21) Maliseet-Passamaquoddy
 * 22) Massachusett
 * 23) Narragansett
 * 24) Mohegan-Pequot
 * 25) Quiripi-Naugatuck-Unquachog
 * 26) Mahican
 * 27) Delawarean
 * 28) Munsee
 * 29) Unami
 * 30) Nanticoke-Piscataway
 * 31) Carolina Algonquian
 * 32) Powhatan
 * 33) Etchemin
 * 34) Loup A
 * 35) Loup B
 * 36) Shinnecock