Cree Tribe

The Cree Tribe are the largest group of indigenous peoples in Canada. Many of the Cree who reside in the US live on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Montana along with members of the Chippewa Tribe. The Cree once lived in much of Canada and the Northeastern United States, but a smallpox epidemic killed an estimated 80% of the Cree in the late 1700s.

1. Canadian folk hero Louis Riel founded the province of Manitoba and led the Metis resistance against the Canadian government
2. Country singer Shania Twain
3. National Hockey League player Jonathan Cheechoo
4. Actress Cree Summer

• 1610: Henry Hudson Explores James Bay

• 1640: Cree Tribe Become Guides for French Settlers in the Hudson Bay Area

• 1781: Smallpox Kills Many Leaving Only one Eighth of the Population Left

• 1885: Cree Uprise During the North-West Rebellion in the Frog Lake Massacre

• 1916: Cree Join With Chippewa to Create the Chippewa-Cree Tribe

• 1916: Rocky Mountain Indian Reservation Created

• 1971: Cree Involved in Political Struggle Over St.James Bay Project

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