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Cree camp on the prarie south of Vermilion, Alberta (53*N 111W), September 1871 Taken by: Charles Horetzky Library and Archives Canada: C-005181 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
Vermilion is a town in Vermilion River County No. ...
| | Regions with significant populations | | Canada, United States | | Language(s) | | Cree, English, French | | Religion(s) | | | Related ethnic groups | | Métis, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe | The Creehaha are an indigenous people of North America who occupy an area from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. They now constitute the largest group of First Nations people in Canada and are referred to as Native Americans in the United States. The Cree language is an Algonquian language and was once the most widely spoken in northern North America. Currently, however, not all Crees speak Cree fluently and English is more commonly used in Cree communities in the United States, Western Canada and Ontario. In Quebec, however, almost all Crees speak fluent Cree; English and French are nevertheless used in the work place, public administration, and for external relations. Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ...
The Nishnawbe-Aski, also known as the Oji-Cree, Anishinini or, less correctly, Severn Ojibwe, are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west. ...
For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ...
Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ...
North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ...
First Nations is a Canadian term of ethnicity which refers to the aboriginal peoples located in what is now Canada, and their descendants who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ...
This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ...
Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
The Algonquian languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...
This article is about the Canadian province. ...
Skilled buffalo hunters and horsemen, the Cree were allied to the Assiniboine of the Sioux before encountering English and French settlers in the 16th century. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...
Assiniboine Family, Montana, 1890-1891. ...
The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American and First Nations people. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
Presently, the remaining Cree in the United States live on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation which is shared with the Chippewa. Rocky Boy The Rocky Boy Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Chippewa-Cree tribe located in the U.S. state of Montana. ...
This article is about the native North American people. ...
In Canada The Cree are the largest group of First Nations in Canada, with over 200,000 members and 135 registered bands.[1] This large number may be due to the Cree's traditional openness to inter-tribal marriage. Together, their reserve lands are the largest of any First Nations group in the country.[1] The largest Cree band, and the second largest First Nations Band in Canada after the Six Nations Iroquois is the Lac La Ronge Band in northern Saskatchewan. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (735x1024, 132 KB) A Cree girl Edward S. Curtis, 1928 Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtiss The North American Indian: the Photographic Images, 2001. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (735x1024, 132 KB) A Cree girl Edward S. Curtis, 1928 Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtiss The North American Indian: the Photographic Images, 2001. ...
First Nations is a Canadian term of ethnicity which refers to the aboriginal peoples located in what is now Canada, and their descendants who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ...
The term Six Nations can refer to: The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, a union of Native American/First Nations tribes. ...
For other uses, see Iroquois (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area Ranked...
The Métis were traditionally the mixed offspring of Cree (or Ojibwa) and French Canadian (or English or Scottish) heritage. According to the Canadian Government's Indian and Northern Affairs, the Metis were historically the offspring of French fur traders and Prairie Cree women or, from unions of English or Scottish traders and Northern Dene women. It is now generally accepted though in academic circles that the term Métis can be used to refer to any combination of persons of mixed Native with Non-Native heritage. Although, historical definitions for Metis remain. Some Anglo-Metis are also of Cree descent. Canada's Indian and Northern Affairs specifically but broadly define Metis to be those persons of mixed First Nation and European ancestry. The Métis (pronounced MAY tee, IPA: , in French or , in Michif ), also historically known as Bois Brule, mixed-bloods, Countryborn (or Anglo-Métis), are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada. ...
French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ...
Metis can refer to a number of things: Metis was a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ...
Metis can refer to a number of things: Metis was a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus. ...
A division of the Metis people of Canada, the Anglo-Metis were children of the fur trade; typically of Scottish or Orkney descent (although some were English) on their fathers sides and aboriginal on their mothers. ...
Metis can refer to a number of things: Metis was a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus. ...
The Grand Council of the Crees in Quebec calls its homeland Eeyou Istchee (Cree for 'Land of the People'). Its current leader is Grand Chief Matthew Mukash, formerly Deputy Grand Chief under Ted Moses and more recently CEO of the Whapmagoostui Eeyou Enterprise Development Corporation in Quebec’s northern-most Cree community. The Grand Council of the Crees is the political body that represents the approximately (2003) 14,000 Crees or “Eeyouch†(“Eenouch†– Mistissini dialect), as they call themselves, of eastern James Bay and Southern Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec, Canada. ...
This article is about the Canadian province. ...
Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
Ted Moses speaks at a public event. ...
Whapmagoostui (place of the beluga in Cree) is a Cree village of about 700 people at the mouth of the Grande-Baleine River, on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec. ...
This article is about the Canadian province. ...
The Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) is a political group of Cree, Ojibwe and Oji-Cree descendants based in northern Ontario. Its territory encompasses two thirds of the northern half of the province. It comprises 50 First Nation communities, further represented by regional Tribal Councils denoting each territorial area of Cree, Ojibwe and Oji-Cree peoples. The word nishnawbe means 'people' in all these related languages. Similarly, aski means 'land' in all the languages and is similar to the Quebec Cree word 'istchee'. Cree and Ojibwe are Algonquian languages that share many similarities and are separated by subtle differences in dialects from region to region. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...
The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ...
Beliefs The tribes of the Cree Nation, living in the Canadian forests and US plains, venerated the spirits of the hunt. The Earth Spirit was the mother of all animals, and there was also a less-defined Sky being. Religion emphasized a close relationship with the tribes' ancestors or "old people", believed to be always near at hand. Tribal shamans frequently entered trances to visit the land of the dead. Nature was seen as an integrated whole, so that animals spoke and told tales, and legends of the winds and of the four directions were common. Close contact with European traders and white settlers, coupled with the adoption of agriculture, greatly altered the mythology of these tribes. The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer ( medicine man). The shaman provides medical care, and serves other community needs during crisis times, via supernatural means (means...
Cree Creation Story This is how one Cree tribe explains the creation of the world:
When light first came to the earth, O-ma-ma-ma the earth mother of the Cree people gave birth to the spirits of the world. The first born was Binay-sih, the thunderbird who protects the animals from the sea serpent, Genay-big. Thunderbirds shout out their unhappiness or anger with black clouds, rain and fire flashes in the sky. The second born was Ina-kaki, the lowly frog who heightens the sorcerer's powers and helps to control the insects in the world. The third born was the trickster Wee-sa-hay-jac, who can change himself into many forms or shapes to protect himself. The fourth child was Ma-heegun, Wee-sa-hay-jac's little wolf brother. They travel together with Wee-sa-hay-jac on his back. The fifth born was Amik the beaver, who is greatly respected because he is an unfortunate human from a different world. Fish, rocks, grasses, and trees all came from the womb of the great earth mother O-ma-ma-ma. The earth was inhabited a long time by only animals and spirits because Wee-sa-hay-jac had not yet made any people.
Cree First Nations Image File history File links Size of this preview: 770 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (4162 × 3240 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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The Lubicon Lake Indian Nation is a Cree First Nation in Northern Alberta, Canada. ...
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) is more commonly known in the predominately English-speaking world of North America as Nelson House, Manitoba. ...
The Opaskwayak Cree Nation is a First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. ...
The Enoch Cree Nation lies on the western edge of Edmonton, Alberta. ...
the Bigstone Cree Nation is a First Nation in Alberta, Canada. ...
The Kashechewan First Nation is a Cree First Nation located near James Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. ...
The Grand Council of the Crees is the political body that represents the approximately (2003) 14,000 Crees or “Eeyouch†(“Eenouch†– Mistissini dialect), as they call themselves, of eastern James Bay and Southern Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec, Canada. ...
The Muskoday First Nation is a First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. ...
One Arrow First Nation is a Canadian Cree First Nation. ...
Misipawistik Cree Nation (MCN) was formerly known as Grand Rapids First Nation. Misipawistik in the local Cree language, means Rushing rapids which once were a historical landmark in Misipawistik before the construction of the Hydroelectric Dam. ...
Attawapiskat First Nation is an isolated community located in Northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River which drains into James Bay. ...
Cree Prophecy
 Two Cree boys, near Chisasibi, in Northern Québec The so called Cree Prophecy: "Only after the last tree has been cut down / Only after the last river has been poisoned / Only after the last fish has been caught / Then will you find that money cannot be eaten" seems to be a shortened version of the Legend of Rainbow Warriors, that is sometimes reported as a Hopi prophecy, sometimes as a prophecy of an old Cree woman. The complete version of this prophecy speaks about trees, rivers, and fish, but not about money: Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Since the early 1970s, a legend of Rainbow Warriors inspired some environmentalists in the United States with a belief that their movement is the fulfillment of a Native American prophecy. ...
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There was an old lady, from the "Cree" tribe, named "Eyes of Fire", who prophesied that one day, because of the white mans' or Yo-ne-gis' greed, there would come a time, when the fish would die in the streams, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it would all but cease to exist. There would come a time when the "keepers of the legend, stories, culture rituals, and myths, and all the Ancient Tribal Customs" would be needed to restore us to health. They would be mankinds’ key to survival, they were the "Warriors of the Rainbow". (Lelanie Stone)
Instead, it speaks about an army of "Rainbow Warriors" that will appear to save the world. Thus, the sense of the prophecy differs from the wide-spread shortened version.
In Germany the Cree Prophecy is often mixed up with the famous speech of Chief Seattle in 1854. The Smith version of this speech closes with a prophecy that resembles the legend of Rainbow Warriors. The only known photograph of Chief Seattle, taken in the 1860s Chief Sealth (Tsial-la-kum), better known today as Chief Seattle (also Sealth, Seathl or See-ahth) (c. ...
Notable Cree
 Mähsette Kuiuab, chief of the Cree indians See: Cree people Image File history File links Size of this preview: 440 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2608 × 3554 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Irene Bedard (22 July 1967) is an actress best known for her portrayal of Native American characters in a variety of films. ...
Jonathan Earl Cheechoo (born July 15, 1980 in Moose Factory, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. ...
7 Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist. ...
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles, California), best known as Cree Summer, is an American-born actress, musician, and Emmy Award-nominated voice actress. ...
Gordon Tootoosis (born in Poundmaker, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian actor of Cree and Stoney descent. ...
See also The James Bay Cree hydroelectric conflict refers to the resistance by James Bay Cree to the James Bay Hydroelectric Project and the Quebec Government, beginning in 1971. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mestizo. ...
Michif is the indigenous language of the Métis people of Canada. ...
Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
Cree syllabics are the variations on Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics that are used to write Cree language dialects. ...
References - ^ a b Source: Canadian Geographic
Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree. James R. Stevens, McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1971 Canadian Geographic is the bimonthly magazine of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). ...
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