Cree
First Nations peoples in Canada and northern United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cree (Cree: néhinaw, néhiyaw, nihithaw, etc.; French: Cri) are a North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations.
néhinaw ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐤ
néhiyaw ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ etc. | |
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Total population | |
356,655 (2016 census)[1] Including Atikamekw and Innu | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Canada | |
Alberta | 95,300 (2016)[2] |
Saskatchewan | 89,990 (2016)[2] |
Manitoba | 66,895 (2016)[2] |
Ontario | 36,750 (2016)[2] |
British Columbia | 35,885 (2016)[2] |
Quebec | 27,245 (2016)[2] |
Languages | |
Cree, Cree Sign Language, English, French | |
Religion | |
Anglicanism, Indigenous religion, Pentecostalism, Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Métis, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, Innu, Naskapi |
In Canada, more than 350,000 people are Cree or have Cree ancestry.[1] The major proportion of Cree in Canada live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.[3] About 27,000 live in Quebec.[4]
In the United States, Cree people historically lived from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation with Ojibwe (Chippewa) people.[5]
The documented westward migration over time has been strongly associated with their roles as traders and hunters in the North American fur trade.[6]