Tabaldak is the androgynous creator among the Abenaki. From the dust of his hand he created the brothers Gluskab and Malsumis. They both had the power to create a good world, but only Gluskab chose this path; his brother still seeks evil. Abenaki wigwam with birch bark covering The Abenaki (also Wabanaki) are a tribe of Native Americans belonging to the Algonquian peoples of the Northeast portion of North America. ... After Tabaldak created humans, the dust from his hand created Gluskab and sometimes he also created Gluskabs twin brother, Malsumis. ... In Abenaki mythology after Tabaldak created humans, the dust from his hand created Gluskab and sometimes he also created Gluskabs twin brother, Malsumis. ...