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The Eliot Indian Bible (Massachusett: Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God; also known as the Algonquian Bible or Natick Bible) was the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous American language, as well as the first Bible published in British North America. It was prepared by English Puritan missionary John Eliot by translating the Geneva Bible into Massachusett. Printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the work first appeared in 1661 containing only the New Testament. An edition including both the Old and New Testaments was printed in 1663. Eliot had the assistance of some Algonquians, including Cockenoe, John Sassamon, Job Nesuton, and James Printer, who facilitated the translation.

The inscription on the 1663 edition's cover page, beginning with Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, meaning in literal translation, The Whole Holy His-Bible God, both Old Testament and also New Testament. This turned by the servant of Christ, who is called John Eliot. The preparation and printing of Eliot's work was supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, whose governor was the eminent scientist Robert Boyle.