Pennacook
Basic Facts
Location: Primarily inhabited the Merrimack River valley in present-day New Hampshire and Massachusetts and parts of southwestern Maine.[1]
Also known as: Merrimack and Pawtucket[1]
History
The Pennacook Confederacy included 13 tribes and Pennacooks.
1633-34 hundreds lost their lives in a plague that swept New England.
Brief Timeline
Brief History
The Access Genealogy article, Pennacook Indian History, has a short history of the tribe.
The Wikipedia article, Pennacook, has a brief history of the tribe.
Reservations
Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Tribal Headquarters
COWASUCK BAND of the PENNACOOK / ABENAKI PEOPLE
Office of the Band Council
840 Sunncook Valley Road / P.O. BOX 52
Alton, NH 03809-0052
Phone: (603) 776-1090
FAX: (603) 776-1091
Email: cowasuck@worldpath.net
Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Ne-Do-Ba for additional information
Maps
The Wikipedia article, Pennacook, has several maps about this tribe and other Abenaki tribes.
Important Websites
Constitution of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People of the Greater Abenaki Nation of the Wabanaki Confederation of N'dakinna approved 2005
Ne-Do-Ba has genealogy helps for doing Abenaki family research.
Bibliography
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
- Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FS Catalog book 970.1 R259e.
- Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FS Catalog book 970.1 G131g.
- Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
- Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FS Catalog book 970.1 W146e 2006.