Rock Cree

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Rock Cree are a subgroup of the Cree Indigenous peoples of Canada, traditionally inhabiting the forested regions of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan and speaking a distinct Cree dialect.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rock Cree canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
subgroup of Cree
associatedWith Churchill River
Hudson Bay drainage basin
Nelson River
broaderCategory Algonquian-speaking peoples
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic
colonialContactWith Hudson's Bay Company
continent North America
country Canada
culturalRegion Subarctic
endonymLanguage Cree
ethnicGroupOf Cree peoples
governingBodyType First Nation band government
hasOralTradition Cree oral tradition
indigenousTo Canada
language Rock Cree dialect
languageFamily Algonquian languages
Cree language
partOf First Nations of Canada
linked to: First Nations
peopleOf Manitoba
Saskatchewan
primarySubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
recognizedBy Government of Canada
relatedGroup Plains Cree
Swampy Cree
Woodland Cree
linked to: Woods Cree
religion Christianity
traditional Cree spirituality
status recognized First Nations group in Canada
subgroupOf Cree
traditionalBelief animism
shamanism
traditionalEconomy fur trade
traditionalEnvironment forested regions
traditionalHousing log cabins
tents
traditionalRegion northern Manitoba
linked to: Northern Manitoba

northern Saskatchewan
traditionalTransport canoes
snowshoes
usesScript Cree syllabics
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woods Cree relatedEthnicGroup Rock Cree
Nêhiyawak hasEthnicSubdivision Rock Cree
Nêhithaw relatedGroup Rock Cree