Cree peoples

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The Cree peoples are one of the largest Indigenous groups in North America, traditionally inhabiting vast regions of what is now Canada and known for their distinct Algonquian language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (15)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
colonialNameGivenBy English colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice powwows ⓘ
storytelling traditions ⓘ
sweat lodge ceremonies ⓘ
use of drums and songs ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains

Subarctic cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
governedBy band councils ⓘ
tribal councils ⓘ
historicalAlliance Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
historicalEconomicRole fur trade intermediaries ⓘ
languageBranch Central Algonquian languages ⓘ
linked to: Central Algonquian
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
legalStatusInCanada recognized as Status Indians under the Indian Act ⓘ
linguisticVariety Atikamekw ⓘ
Montagnais ⓘ
Moose Cree ⓘ
Naskapi ⓘ
Plains Cree ⓘ
Swampy Cree ⓘ
Woods Cree ⓘ
modernIssue environmental protection of traditional territories ⓘ
land rights and treaty rights ⓘ
language revitalization efforts ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from French form of Ojibwe word "Kiristino" or "Kristineaux" ⓘ
notableSubgroup Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
Mushkegowuk Cree ⓘ
Plains Cree ⓘ
Woodland Cree ⓘ
linked to: Woods Cree
populationRankInCanada one of the largest First Nations groups ⓘ
primaryLanguage Cree ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Cree traditional spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Eeyou ⓘ
Eeyouch ⓘ
Innu ⓘ
Iyiyiu ⓘ
Nehiyawak ⓘ
linked to: Nēhiyawēwin

Nêhiyawak ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Alberta ⓘ
Hudson Bay region ⓘ
James Bay region ⓘ
linked to: James Bay Lowlands

Labrador ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Plains of Canada ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Saskatchewan ⓘ
Subarctic Canada ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region

boreal forest region of Canada ⓘ
treatyRelationship Numbered Treaties in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Numbered Treaties
UNESCOLanguageStatus various Cree dialects considered vulnerable or endangered ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Bay → hasIndigenousInhabitants → Cree peoples ⓘ
Cree → ethnolinguisticGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
Cree → hasSubgroup → Atikamekw ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Cree → hasSubgroup → Naskapi ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Innu → formerExonym → Montagnais ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Cree language → spokenBy → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Rupert's Land → indigenousInhabitants → Cree peoples ⓘ
Grand Council of the Crees → hasPart → Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Plains Cree → subgroupOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Cree Nation Government → governs → Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Nelson River → historicallyUsedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
Woods Cree → subgroupOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Woods Cree → peopleGroup → nēhiyaw (Cree) people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Swampy Cree → subgroupOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Algonquin people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Moose Cree → subgroupOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Mashteuiatsh → hasPopulationGroup → First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
North-West Rebellion → hasParticipant → Cree peoples ⓘ
Red River trade → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Red River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Oji-Cree → spokenBy → Anishinaabe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Nīhithawīwin → usedBy → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Nīhithawīwin → spokenByEthnicGroup → nīhithawak (Cree people) ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Nīhithawīwin → recognizedBy → Cree communities ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Ininīmowin → usedBy → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
York Factory → tradedWith → Cree peoples ⓘ
Gros Ventre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → spokenBy → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Aaniiih people → historicallyAssociatedWith → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Assiniboine people → historicalAlliance → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Central Algonquian → spokenBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
Winipēk → associatedWithPeople → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
The Pas, Manitoba → hasStrongPresenceOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta → ethnicGroup → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Piapot 75 Reserve → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Cree peoples ⓘ
Iyiyiu → hasEthnolinguisticContext → Cree-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Eeyouch → ethnonymFor → Cree people of northern Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Grand Council of the Crees → ethnicGroupServed → Cree people ⓘ
subject linked to: GCC
linked to: Cree peoples
Sylvia McAdam → ethnicGroup → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Nêhithaw → subgroupOf → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Split Lake, Manitoba → traditionalInhabitants → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Rock Cree → ethnicGroupOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
Cree Nations of Ontario → hasPeople → Cree peoples ⓘ
former Cree community of Winisk → inhabitedBy → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Cree traditional lands → associatedWith → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples
Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation → ethnicGroup → Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples