When did the Algonquin people originate?
Algonquin people
Traditionally, the Algonquins were practitioners of Midewiwin (the right path). They  believed they were surrounded by many manitòk or spirits in the natural world. French missionaries converted many Algonquins to Catholicism in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, many of the people practice traditional Midewiwin or a syncretic merging of Christianity and Midewiwin.