The Cree are generally divided into eight groups based on dialect and region. Sub-groups and geography Map of Cree dialects The documented westward migration over time has been strongly associated with their roles as traders and hunters in the North American fur trade. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation with Ojibwe (Chippewa) people. In the United States, Cree people historically lived from Lake Superior westward. The major proportion of Cree in Canada live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. In Canada, over 350,000 people are Cree or have Cree ancestry. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations. French: Cri) are a North American Indigenous people. The Cree ( Cree: néhinaw, néhiyaw, nihithaw, etc. 1893Ĭree, Cree Sign Language, English, FrenchĪnglicanism, Cree tribal religion, Pentecostalism, Roman Catholicism A Cree camp, likely in Montana, photographed c.
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