where do the abenaki indians live?
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
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 American Indian lore contains numerous legends to explain the eruptions of Mount St. Helens and other Cascade volcanoes . The most famous of these is the Bridge of the Gods legend told by the Klickitat people . In their tale , the chief of all the gods and his two sons , Pahto ( also called Klickitat ) and Wy 'east , traveled down the Columbia River from the Far North in search for a suitable area to settle . 

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 The Amah @-@ Mutsun Band has over 500 enrolled members and comprises " various surviving lineages who spoke the Hoomontwash or Mutsun Ohlone language . " The majority descend from the native people baptized at Mission San Juan Bautista . 

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 In 1825 , the Hudson 's Bay Company established its western administrative headquarters at Fort Vancouver , across the Columbia River from the slough . The British fort became the center for fur trading and other commerce throughout the Pacific Northwest , including what would later become the state of Oregon . By the 1830s , smallpox , malaria , measles and other diseases carried by non @-@ indigenous explorers and traders had reduced the native population by up to 90 percent throughout the lower Columbia basin . The United States gained control over the Oregon Territory — including Fort Vancouver , the Portland Basin , and the slough — by treaty with Great Britain in 1846 . By 1851 , the Clackamas tribe 's population had fallen to 88 , and in 1855 the tribe signed a treaty surrendering its lands to the U.S. 

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 After the departure of the Hohokam , groups of Akimel O 'odham ( commonly known as Pima ) , Tohono O ’ odham and Maricopa tribes began to use the area , as well as segments of the Yavapai and Apache . The O 'odham were offshoots of the Sobaipuri tribe , who in turn were thought to be the descendants of the formerly urbanized Hohokam . 

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 Among the Plains groups that have petitioned for tribal status , only the Kavalan and Sakizaya have been officially recognized . The remaining twelve recognized tribes are traditionally regarded as mountain aboriginals . 
