32 Facts About Cree

Cree are generally divided into eight groups based on dialect and region.

However, Cree-speaking bands tended to work together and with their neighbours against outside enemies.

Those Cree who moved onto the Great Plains and adopted bison hunting, called the Plains Cree, were allied with the Assiniboine, the Metis Nation, and the Saulteaux in what was known as the "Iron Confederacy", which was a major force in the North American fur trade from the 1730s to the 1870s.

Name "Cree" is derived from the Algonkian-language exonym Kiristino?, which the Ojibwa used for tribes around Hudson Bay.

Cree using the latter autonym tend to be those living in the territories of Quebec and Labrador.

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The only region where Cree has official status is in the Northwest Territories, together with eight other aboriginal languages.

Cree are the largest group of First Nations in Canada, with 220, 000 members and 135 registered bands.

At one time the Cree lived in northern Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana.

Cree'sshatshiu is located adjacent to the Inuit community of North West River.

Moose Cree, known as Moosonee are located in Northeastern Ontario.

Moose Cree members are: Brunswick House First Nation and Matachewan First Nation.

Swampy Cree members are: Fort Albany First Nation and Attawapiskat First Nation.

Fox Lake Cree Nation is based in Gillam, 248 kilometres northeast of Thompson via Provincial Road 280 (PR 280), and has several reserves along the Nelson River.

The Tataskweyak Cree Nation is located in the community of Split Lake, Manitoba within the Split Lake 171 reserve, 144 kilometres northeast of Thompson on PR 280, on the lake of the same name on the Nelson River system.

Opaskwayak Cree Nation has several reserves but most of the population lives on the Opaskwayak 21E reserve, immediately north of and across the Saskatchewan River from The Pas.

The Sapotaweyak Cree Nation is located in the Shoal River 65A reserve adjacent to the community of Pelican Rapids, about 82 kilometres south of The Pas.

Fisher River Cree Nation, located approximately 177 kilometres north of Winnipeg in Koostatak on Lake Winnipeg, control the Fisher River 44 and 44A reserves.

Norway House Cree Nation is located in Norway House which is located on the Playgreen Lake section of the Nelson River system on the north side of Lake Winnipeg.

Cumberland House Cree Nation is based in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan on the Cumberland House Cree Nation 20 reserve, 97 kilometres southwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba.

Shoal Lake Cree Nation is located in Pakwaw Lake, on the Shoal Lake 28A reserve, 92 kilometres east of Nipawin.

The Bunibonibee Cree Nation is located along the eastern shoreline of Oxford Lake at the headwaters of the Hayes River.

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is a populous First Nation with 11, 563 people as of November 2021.

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation is based in Nelson House, Manitoba on the Nelson House 170 reserve located 19 kilometres south of Thompson.

The O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation is located in the settlement of South Indian Lake, 130 kilometres northwest of Thompson.

Bigstone Cree Nation is based in Wabasca, Alberta, about 100 kilometres northeast of Slave Lake, on the Wabasca 166A reserve.

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The Bigstone Cree Nation was divided into two bands in 2010, with one group continuing under the former name, and the other becoming the Peerless Trout First Nation.

Little Red River Cree Nation is based out of the settlement of John D'Or Prairie, Alberta, 48 kilometres east of Fort Vermilion, on the John D'Or Prairie 215 reserve.

The members with Plains Cree populations are Flying Dust First Nation, Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, and Waterhen Lake First Nation.

The Cree Nations are: Day Star First Nation, George Gordon First Nation, Kawacatoose First Nation, and Muskowekwan First Nation.

Cree members are: Kahkewistahaw First Nation and Ocean Man First Nation.

Saddle Lake Cree Nation is one of the most populous Nations in Canada with 11, 235 people as of November 2021.

Woods Cree make use of Ribes glandulosum using a decoction of the stem, either by itself or mixed with wild red raspberry, to prevent clotting after birth, eat the berries as food, and use the stem to make a bitter tea.