Cree peoples

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Algonquian-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people

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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Cree people 13
Cree peoples canonical 10
Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee 2

Statements (68)

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 Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Plains cultural area

Subarctic region ⓘ
surface form: Subarctic cultural area
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
governedBy band councils ⓘ
tribal councils ⓘ
historicalAlliance Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
historicalEconomicRole fur trade intermediaries ⓘ
languageBranch Central Algonquian ⓘ
surface form: Central Algonquian languages
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 ⓘ
Woods Cree ⓘ
surface form: Woodland Cree
populationRankInCanada one of the largest First Nations groups ⓘ
primaryLanguage Cree ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Cree traditional spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Eeyou ⓘ
Eeyouch ⓘ
Innu ⓘ
Iyiyiu ⓘ
Nēhiyawēwin ⓘ
surface form: Nehiyawak

Nêhiyawak ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Alberta ⓘ
Hudson Bay region ⓘ
James Bay Lowlands ⓘ
surface form: James Bay region

Labrador ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Plains of Canada ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Saskatchewan ⓘ
Subarctic region ⓘ
surface form: Subarctic Canada

boreal forest region of Canada ⓘ
treatyRelationship Numbered Treaties ⓘ
surface form: Numbered Treaties in Canada
UNESCOLanguageStatus various Cree dialects considered vulnerable or endangered ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

James Bay → hasIndigenousInhabitants → Cree peoples ⓘ
Cree → ethnolinguisticGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
Cree → hasSubgroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atikamekw
Cree → hasSubgroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naskapi
Innu → formerExonym → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montagnais
Cree language → spokenBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → primaryUserGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
Rupert's Land → indigenousInhabitants → Cree peoples ⓘ
Grand Council of the Crees → hasPart → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee
Plains Cree → subgroupOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Cree Nation Government → governs → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee
Nelson River → historicallyUsedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
Woods Cree → subgroupOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Woods Cree → peopleGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: nēhiyaw (Cree) people
Swampy Cree → subgroupOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Algonquin people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Moose Cree → subgroupOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Mashteuiatsh → hasPopulationGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Nations
North-West Rebellion → hasParticipant → Cree peoples ⓘ
Red River trade → usedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Red River Valley
Oji-Cree → spokenBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anishinaabe peoples
Nīhithawīwin → usedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Nīhithawīwin → spokenByEthnicGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: nīhithawak (Cree people)
Nīhithawīwin → recognizedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree communities
Ininīmowin → usedBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
York Factory → tradedWith → Cree peoples ⓘ
Gros Ventre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → spokenBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Subarctic region → hasIndigenousInhabitants → Cree peoples ⓘ
Subarctic region → traditionalTerritoryOf → Cree peoples ⓘ
Aaniiih people → historicallyAssociatedWith → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Assiniboine people → historicalAlliance → Cree peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree people
Central Algonquian → spokenBy → Cree peoples ⓘ
Winipēk (Cree-derived name meaning muddy waters) → associatedWithPeople → Cree peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Winipēk
this entity surface form: Cree people