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Cree Nation

Although there is evidence that the Cree lived in the parkland regions of the West for sometime, the Plains Cree originated in the East and moved to the Plains through their involvement with the fur trade. While the term "Cree" most likely originated from a French name of unknown origin, their own term Kristineaux is Nehiyawak for "exact people." There are many branches of the Cree nation spread across the country, typically divided into the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Swampy Cree and Moose Cree. Originally they were woodland people and spoke the Algonquian language of Eastern Canada.

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