Cree

:This article is about the indigenous people; for the American corporation, see Cree Inc.

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The Cree are an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. They now constitute the largest group of First Nations people in Canada, and are referred to as Native Americans in the United States. Their Cree language is an Algonquian language, and was once the most widely spoken in northern North America. However, currently not all Crees are fluent in it, and English or French are more commonly used.

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Skilled buffalo hunters and horsemen, the Cree were allied to the Assiniboine of the Sioux before encountering English and French settlers in the sixteenth century.

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Presently the remaining Cree in the United States live with the Assiniboine in Montana on the Fort Belknap Agency and Reservation.

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Cree related Images and Photos (experimental)

Cree Indian Folk-Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie

Interior of a Cree Indian Tent March 25th 1820

Indius Alvarez and Cree Indian Folk-Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie at the Cloisters Museum

Native American Chief of the Cree People of Canada 1848