Swampy Cree

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Swampy Cree are a subgroup of the Cree people, traditionally inhabiting the swamp and lowland regions of northern Manitoba, Ontario, and adjacent areas, with a distinct dialect and cultural practices.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Swampy Cree canonical 9
Northern East Cree 1
Swampy Cree Tribal Council 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
subgroup of the Cree
country Canada
culturalArea Subarctic culture area
dialectOf Cree language
economicActivity fur trade
ethnicGroupOf Canada
governingBody Swampy Cree Tribal Council
linked to: Swampy Cree
historicalInteraction Hudson's Bay Company
language Swampy Cree dialect
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeName Maskēkowak
notableCommunity Chemawawin Cree Nation
Mosakahiken Cree Nation
Norway House Cree Nation
Opaskwayak Cree Nation
Tataskweyak Cree Nation
York Factory First Nation
partOf Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
peopleCluster Cree Nations of Manitoba
Cree Nations of Ontario
region Subarctic
relatedEthnicGroup East Cree
Moose Cree
Plains Cree
Woods Cree
religion Christianity
Cree traditional spirituality
subgroupOf Cree people
linked to: Cree peoples
traditionalEnvironment bogs
boreal forest
swamps
traditionalHousing log cabins
tents
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
traditionalTerritory Hudson Bay lowlands
James Bay lowlands
linked to: James Bay Lowlands

eastern Saskatchewan
linked to: Saskatchewan

northern Manitoba
northern Ontario
linked to: Northern Ontario
treatyAffiliation Treaty 5
Treaty 9
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Cree hasSubgroup Swampy Cree
Cree language macrolanguageOf Swampy Cree
Cree language macrolanguageOf Northern East Cree
linked to: Swampy Cree
Cree peoples linguisticVariety Swampy Cree
Plains Cree relatedGroup Swampy Cree
Woods Cree relatedEthnicGroup Swampy Cree
Swampy Cree governingBody Swampy Cree Tribal Council
linked to: Swampy Cree
Nēhiyawēwin hasDialect Swampy Cree
Ininīmowin hasDialect Swampy Cree