Our team will be reviewing your submission and get back to you with any further questions. East Boston Shipyard, 256 Marginal Street. The Abenaki (and other Eastern Indigenous nations) signed treaties with the British during the 1700s commonly known as the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Menu Abenaki Chiefs Past and Present; Shop Expand child menu. In some Abenaki tales, there was no sound or colour until the Creator filled the empty earth with life and light. The Native Americans would use objects such as sharpened bone or rock and carve the tattoo into the flesh. According to most tales, Gluskabe is not a god, but a cultural hero, a trickster who had supernatural powers and used them to manipulate the world around it, making it more habitable for the humans. . Nipmuc Nation (Massachusetts)