The Algonquin, the Cree, the Ojibwa, the Micmac, the Naskapi, the Abenaki, 
and the Montagnais are important Algonquian nations who lived in the northern forests of Eastern Canada.
 

• They were nomadic meaning they moved their camp site from place to place in their search for food. 
• The men hunted and fished. The women gathered berries, roots and seeds.
• They lived in wigwams or tents covered with birch-bark or animal skins. Clothes were made from animal skins and furs. 
• In summer they travelled using canoes. In winter they used snowshoes and toboggans.
• Their social structure was a patriarchy, which means that the men were the leaders and the heads of the family.
• They believed in spirits and in the forces of nature. The medicine man or shaman had a prominent place in society since it was believed that he had the power to expel evil spirits and to influence the powerful forces of nature.