Wabanaki Vocabulary Wabanaki The Wabanaki are the people of the Dawnland and this exhibit features art forms of the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki. Glooscap bringing forth the people from the brown ash tree (HM9797) Glooscap Glooscap, or Gluskabe, is a Wabanaki culture hero with supernatural powers, who is central to many Wabanaki legends.