Omushkego
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Omushkego are a Cree-speaking Indigenous people of the western James Bay and Hudson Bay lowlands in northern Canada, with a distinct culture, history, and relationship to the muskeg landscape.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cree subgroup
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Canadian residential school system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
forced sedentarization policies ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
cultural revitalization
ⓘ
land rights advocacy ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContemporaryCommunities |
coastal communities on Hudson Bay
ⓘ
coastal communities on James Bay ⓘ |
| hasCulturalConcept | strong relationship to muskeg wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | subarctic ⓘ |
| hasDistinctCulture | yes ⓘ |
| hasDistinctHistory | yes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRelation |
Canadian federal government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christian missionaries ⓘ Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba provincial government NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario provincial government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpiritualTraditions |
ceremonies tied to seasonal cycles
ⓘ
land-based spirituality ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalEconomy | fur trade participation ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalEnvironment | muskeg (peat bog) landscape ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalHousing |
log houses
ⓘ
tents ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalMobility | seasonal movement between coast and inland ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ trapping ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalTechnology |
canoes
ⓘ
snowshoes ⓘ toboggans ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
western Hudson Bay lowlands
ⓘ
western James Bay lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Nunavut (southern coastal areas)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Inuit (neighboring peoples)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mushkegowuk Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodland Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage |
Cree language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAutonym |
Omushkego
ⓘ
Omushkegowak ⓘ |
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