Cree

Cree is one of the largest groups of First Nations/Aboriginals in North America, located mainly across Canada. In the United States, this Algonquian-speaking people lived historically from Minnesota westward. Today they live mostly in Montana. The Cree Nation is generally divided into 8 groups (some political, others cultural): I Naskapi and II Montagnais (sections of Innu) are inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises m... more
top ↑

We can tell you that Cree is a…

If you know more about Cree, you can add more facts here »

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Italian-Canadian

    Italian-Canadian

    An Italian Canadian is a Canadian of Italian descent or heritage. According to the 2006 census of Canada, 1,445,335 Canadians (4.6% of total population) consider themselves to be of Italian origin. The Italian-Canadian population climbed by more than 12% and half (over 700,000) have combined...
  • African Immigrants

    African Immigrants

    African immigrants in this article refers to recent immigrants to the United States (those who have migrated to the US from Africa during their life time within the last few decades) and their children. This group is to be distinguished from Afro Americans who are descended from Black Africans who...
  • Algonquin

    Algonquin

    The Algonquins (also spelled Algonkians or Algonkins) are aboriginal/First Nations inhabitants of North America who speak the Algonquin language, a divergent dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is part of the Algonquian language family. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to...
  • Iroquois

    Iroquois

    The Iroquois (pronounced /ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/), also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an indigenous people of North America. In the 16th century or earlier, the Iroquois came together in an association known as the Iroquois League, or the "League of Peace and Power". The...
  • Pakistani French

    Pakistanis in France number forty to fifty thousand individuals, according to the statistics of the Pakistani government and popular media estimates. In contrast to the British Pakistani community, most are of Punjabi origin, but some also come from Kashmir. Large-scale Pakistani migration to...
  • Brayon

    Brayons are a francophone people inhabiting the area in and around Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. In French, they are called les Brayons or feminine les Brayonnes, and both terms are also used as adjectives, as in Brayon culture, or la culture brayonne.) Given their location in New Brunswick, a...
  • Mi'kmaq

    The Míkmaq (pronounced [miːɡmax]) are a First Nations (Native American) people, indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Atlantic Provinces, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The nation has a population of about 40,000 of whom nearly 11,000 speak the Algonquian language Lnuísimk, more...
  • Japanese Canadians

    Japanese Canadians are Canadians of Japanese ancestry, and are mostly concentrated on the west coast, and central Canada, especially in and around Vancouver and Toronto. In 2006, there were 98,900 (about 62,430 of whom are of mixed heritage). The term Nikkei (日系) was coined by sociologists and...
  • Pakistani diaspora

    An overseas Pakistani is a Pakistani citizen who has migrated to another country or a person of Pakistani origin who is born outside Pakistan. There are approximately 7 million Pakistanis living abroad, remitting US$8 billion to Pakistan. Many overseas Pakistanis in Europe and North America have...
  • Moroccan Americans

    Moroccan Americans are persons of Moroccan birth or ancestry who are United States citizens, or reside permanently in the United States.

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Cree was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution