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Cree Tribe
Glory Williams
The Cree tribe Geography
The Cree lived in the Subarctic region.
1. Geography
About 200,000 people of the Cree live in Canada, yet a small section live in Montana.
The Cree tribe were indigenous to Canada
The different groups were James Bay Cree, Swampy Cree, and Moose Cree and they all lived in seperate parts of Canada.
They were divided into three different groups
The bands were called the Plains Cree and the Woodlands Cree. The Woodland Cree lived in Eastern Canada and the Plains Cree lived in Northern Canada
They travled in two different bands
Housing
The Plains Cree and Woodland Cree lived in two different types of houses.
2. Housing
The Plains Cree
The Plains Cree lived in teepees covered in buffalo hides and wooden poles.
Plains Cree
Woodland Cree
The Woodland Cree lived in lodges made of wooden poles covered in animal hides and bark or sod.
Woodland Cree
Cree clothing
They made their clothing out of hides of buffalo, mooses, and elk.
3. Clothing
Men
The men wore long shirts, leggings, and breechcloths decorated with beeds.
What the men wore
Women
The women wore dresses decorated with beeds.
What the women wore
Men and women
During winter they would wear long robes or cloaks to keep warm.
Men and women
Cree Crafts
4. Crafts
Hunting
They hunted moose, elk, duck, dear, beaver, buffalo, and rabbits. They hunted these animals with bow and arrows and spears.
Hunting
Beads
Some people know the Cree tribe because of their work with beads. They did beed designs on their clothing aswell to make them look more natrual.
The Cree tribe religouse beliefs
5. Religious Beliefs
Teenagers becoming adults
How to become an adult
When a teenager was ready to become an adult they did not have to reach a certain age, they had to go off on their own without eating until they had a vision. In the vision they would see their gaurdian. This process took several days.
Triditions and celebrations
The Cree tribe had a yearly celebration called a Powwow. At the Powwow they would get together and have good food and celebrate their tribe in general. At the end of the Powwow, they would do a dance called The Sun Dance but some people call it The Thirst Dance.
Things Cree feared and respected.
The Cree feared witchcraft because they did not believe in magic but they never wanted to get hurt, meanwhile they respected taboos.
Witchcraft and Taboos
The Cree tribe today
6. Cree tribe today
Government and Bands
As each band travels by itself, each one has its own chief and council.
Bands and Government
Population growth
In the 19th century the Cree tribe lost most of their land due to hydroelectric dams built in the James Bay area and were forced to live in reserves, as the years went on, their population grew and in the 21st century they were Canada’s largest First Nations group and there are more than 200,000 Cree people living in Canada today. But a small amount live in the Western parts of the United States.
Language
The population of the Cree tribe is more than 200,000, only 96,575 people speak the Cree language, Algonquian.
Cree language
Sources
https://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/cree_tribe.php
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Cree/320315