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Cree

[kree]

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Crees ,

Cree .

a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Cree Indians.

Cree

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a member of a Native American people living in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
a syllabic writing system of this and certain other languages

cree

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Origin of Cree¹

from first syllable of Canadian French Christianaux, probably based on Ojibwa Kenistenoag (tribal name)

Origin of Cree²

of unknown origin

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Students learn about food in their Cree classes and participate in land-based food activities and harvests.

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Cree is able to put himself to bed, thank God.

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“Together, as a Nation, we mourn with the people of James Smith Cree Nation,” Chief Bobby Cameron said in a news release.

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Gladstone told the outlet that her earrings were a Blackfeet design made by Antelope Women Designs’ Blackfeet/Cree artist Lenise Omeasoo.

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The couple's granddaughter, Ntwanis Piapot, told Global News that the adoption process took several years and was done in Cree custom.

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