The Algonquin Indians are the most populous and widespread North American Native groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds and speaking several related dialects.hey inhabited most of the Canadian region south of Hudson Bay between the Rockies and the Atlantic Ocean and, bypassing select territories held by the Sioux and Iroquois, the latter of whom had driven them out of their territory along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Overall, people living in the nationâs least obese states tend to be wealthier. In Hawaii, 19 percent of residents are obese, and only 10.8 percent of folks live in poverty. And in Colorado, the second-slimmest state with 20.3 percent people classified as obese, 13 percent of residents live in poverty. The correlation isnât always clear-cut, however. The outlier in the most obese states is Iowa. Its poverty rate of 12.7 percent is below the national average. Meanwhile, Californiaâs obesity rate is relatively low when compared with Mississippiâs, but its 16.8 percent poverty rate is above the national average.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly seven in 10 adults in West Virginia, Mississippi, and Kentucky are either overweight or obese -- more than in any other state in the first half of 2012.