Swampy Cree is spoken by people from northern Manitoba, and Western Ontario. It is one of the western n-dialects of Cree. Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) Land 553,556 km² Water 64,241 km² (14. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) Land 917,741 km² Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ...
Most Cree dialects have only ten distinct consonants: p, t, k, and c which varies in pronunciation from ts as in cats to (t)ch as in catch; s and h; m and n; and w and y.
Cree has two distinct forms: the inclusive kîyânaw, "we (but not you)." In the second person Cree has two separate pronouns: kîyâ, "you (singular)," and kîyâwâw, "you (plural)." Some speakers of English similarly contrast you (singular) and youse or you-all (plural).
Some schools have introduced Creelanguage programs, but typically only a few hours a week are devoted to Cree; the rest of the time the children hear and speak English at school, and at home they watch English-language television.
The traditional culture and language of the Woodland Cree greatly resembles that of the Ojibwa.
A warlike tribe, the Cree were nevertheless friendly toward French and English fur traders, and their history is closely connected with the activities of the Hudson's Bay and the North West companies.
In the 1990s, Cree living in N Quebec waged strong opposition to the province's planned massive James Bay hydroelectric project, but in 2002 they negotiated an agreement with Quebec that permitted partial hydroelectric development, mining, and logging in exchange for jobs and $3.5 billion in financing (over 50 years).
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