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.

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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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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