Missiquoi

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The Missiquoi or the Missisquoi are a Native American tribe located in the Wabanaki region of what now is northern Vermont and southern Quebec. This Algonquian group is a sub-group of the Abenaki who lived along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain at the time of the European incursion. Their name Missiassik, which "Missisquois" is derived, means "place of flint" in the Abenaki language.

Today, Missisiquoi Council Abenaki Nation, an unrecognized tribe, have their operations based in Swanton, Vermont.

[edit] See also

• Missisquoi River
• Missisquoi County, Quebec
• Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
• Brome—Missisquoi, an electoral riding formerly known as Missisquoi
• Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

[edit] References

• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (New York: Checkmark Books, 2006) p. 1