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Coosuck: See Abenaki

"Coosuck" or "Coösuck" is the name of one of the bands or subgroups of the Abenaki tribe, located in what is now New England. The name Coosuck is a corruption of the band's name in their own language, koasek (also spelled goasek or kowasek), which means "people by the white pines." Descendants of the Coosuck Abenakis live in many places today, but especially in Vermont and Massachusetts.

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Coosuck Tribe Resources

Here are the homepages of three Coosuck communities:
Koasek Traditional Band
Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Nation
Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki

And here are links to our webpages about the Coosuck tribe and language:
Coosuck Abenaki language
Abenaki Native
Abenaki Camp
Abenaki mythology stories
Abenaki words meaning
Woodlands Native Americans
Algonkian origins

Books about the Coosucks

Here are a few good books about the Coosuck and related Abenaki bands:
The Western Abenakis of Vermont
The Original Vermonters
The Language of Basket Making

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