 Much of the trapping was done by the people and traded to the English colonists for durable goods.These contributions by Native American Abenaki peoples went largely unreported.Two tribal communities formed in Canada, one once known as Saint-Francois-du-lac near Pierreville, Quebec (now called Odanak, Abenaki for "coming home"), and the other near Bécancour (now known as Wôlinak) on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, directly across the river from Trois-Rivières.