Algonquin Brer Rabbit and Walt Disney World.

Algonquin Brer Rabbit and Walt Disney World.
The Algonquins (also spelled Algonkins) are aboriginal/First Nations inhabitants of North America who speak this language, a divergent dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is part of the language family.

Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anicinàpe (Anishinaabe) grouping.

These peoples call themselves Omàmiwinini (plural: Omàmiwininiwak) or the more generalised name of Anicinàpe.

Although Joel Chandler Harris collected materials for his famous series of books featuring the character Br'er Rabbit in the 1870s, the cycle had been recorded earlier among the Cherokees:-


Rocky Mountains. Algonquin Brer Rabbit and Walt Disney World.
Though known by several names in the past, the most common term derives from the Maliseet word elakómkwik

"they are our relatives/allies".

The much larger heterogeneous group of peoples, who stretch from Virginia to the Rocky Mountains and north to Hudson Bay, was named after the tribe.

Most people in this group, live in Quebec.

The nine bands in that province and one in Ontario have a combined population of about 11,000.

Popular usage reflects some confusion on the point.

The term "Algonquin" is sometimes used,for example in this entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia, to refer to all Algonquian-speaking societies, although this is not correct.

Algonquin Brer Rabbit and Walt Disney World.