Oji-Cree people

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The Oji-Cree people are an Indigenous group of Canada with mixed Ojibwe and Cree ancestry, primarily living in northern Ontario and Manitoba and maintaining distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oji-Cree people canonical 2
Oji-Cree Anishinaabe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
ancestry Cree people
linked to: Cree

Ojibwe people
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe
continent North America
country Canada
culturalPractice Seasonal ceremonies
Storytelling
Traditional crafts
culturalRegion Subarctic
culturalRevitalizationEffort Promotion of traditional land-based education
Revival of Oji-Cree language
demographicCategory Small Indigenous population relative to other First Nations in Ontario and Manitoba
ethnicGroupOf Canada
facingIssue Impact of residential schools
Socioeconomic challenges in remote communities
governmentLanguagePolicyIssue Language preservation
hasAutonym Anishinini
Anishininuwug
linked to: Anicinàbe
indigenousTo Manitoba
Northern Ontario
language Oji-Cree language
linked to: Oji-Cree
languageFamily Algonquian languages
legalStatus Status Indians under Canadian law
partOf Indigenous peoples in Canada
populationDistribution Primarily in remote northern communities
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada
region Subarctic Canada
linked to: Subarctic region
relatedEthnicGroup Cree people
linked to: Cree

Ojibwe people
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe

Saulteaux
religion Christianity
Traditional Indigenous spirituality
selfGovernment Band councils
subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
traditionalLifestyle Fishing
Gathering
Hunting
Trapping
traditionalTerritory Boreal forest region of Manitoba
Boreal forest region of northern Ontario
treatyRelationship Numbered Treaties
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (3)

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

Oji-Cree spokenBy Oji-Cree people
Oji-Cree hasAlternativeName Oji-Cree Anishinaabe
linked to: Oji-Cree people
Island Lake Oji-Cree spokenBy Oji-Cree people