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Cree

1 8.1

A person who belongs to a large Native group living mainly in central Canada

noun
/kriː/

: cree

To affirm Cree kinship is to affirm Cree relations to the land.
Cree kinship

Examples

He wore greasy buckskins, thick-soled Cree moccasins, and carried a large knife he had made from a wagon spring.

Fiction book (1994)
To affirm Cree kinship is to affirm Cree relations to the land.

Academic text (2013)
Cree writer Stan Cuthand takes a more charitable view in an essay also included in the volume.

Academic text (1996)
THEY ALSO TOLD ME HE'S PART CREE INDIAN.

Pushing Tin (1999)
Many Cree people maintain their cultural traditions and languages in their communities.
The Cree have a rich history that is deeply connected to the natural landscapes of Canada.
As a Cree elder, she shares stories of her ancestors with the younger generations.

Synonyms

aboriginal

vsCree

4 7.6

A member of the first people who lived in a region

is a specific Algonquian indigenous group living mainly in central Canada

Compounds

Cree language

1 9.1

A language of the Cree people spoken mainly in Canada

Surface Forms

Cree singular

Cree plural

Etymology

Cree comes from a name used by early French traders and by neighboring peoples, while the people themselves often call their nations Nehiyaw 'a name they use for themselves'. That's why Cree is used to mean a member of that Indigenous group.