Origin and meaning of "Algonquin Round Table"??

Question

I know the Algonquins are a tribe of Native Americans. The only reference to Round Table I know of is from the Arthurian legends. I've heard this term in literary and political circles. A little help here? :)

Answer 1

The Algonquin, in this case, refers to The Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan. The "Round Table" were a group of literary folks, including Dorothy Parker and James Thurber, who used to meet in the bar there for cocktails and witty conversation.

Answer 2

Algonquins Table

Answer 3

"Algonquin Round Table" doesn't refer to the small group of Native North Americans called Algonquin, it refers to a group of journalists, editors, actors and press agents that met for lunch on a regular basis at the Algonquin Hotel in New York. The group began lunching together in June 1919 and continued on a regular basis for more than a decade.
The group included members such as writers Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross (founder of THE NEW YORKER) and Robert Benchley; columnists Franklin Pierce Adams and Heywood Broun, and Broun’s wife Ruth Hale; critic Alexander Woollcott; comedian Harpo Marx; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, and Robert Sherwood.

Answer 4

If memory serves me correctly, that was a meeting a Mafia family heads which was raided by the FBI and many arrests made. I think it was in the 70's.

Edit - Memory didn't. That was the Appalachian meeting, and it was in the 50's. I must have watched too much Sopranos.