What

﻿This is the start of information of the Cree people.

What is their religion?

The Cree had closed relationships with land where they lived, their families, and their ancestors each influenced the Cree.

The Cree believed that all things in nature should be respected.

Animals, places, and people all had spirits and these spirits helped to guide the living.

The Plains Cree believed they could see into the future just by looking into the water. This technique helped them in hunting and in war.

What food do they eat?

The Cree relied on the land for all their food. Traditionally the Cree hunted animals such as the caribou, deer, moose, and bison.

The Cree who lived near water also fished. Birds such as ducks and geese were also an important part in the Cree diet.

Animal meat was dried, smoked, or salted to preserve it during the long winter months.

The Cree used their dried supplies to make pemmican.

Pemmican was made from dried meat, animal fat and nut or berries.

The mixture was mashed together and dried or stored in containers.

The Cree people took this on long journeys because it does not spoil.

The Cree also ate nuts, berries, and vegetables. Like the meat, the berries were often dried so they could be stored and eaten though out the winter.

What do they wear?

The Cree people wear feathers, headdresses, beads, jingle dresses, moccasins (made of bison hide.)

Define Them:

Most Cree are classified as Subarctic Indians.

They made their homes in part of North America where winters were long and summers were short,

since the seasons dictated their way of life.

What is their culture like?

The Cree relied on the lakes, rivers, forests of spruce and fir trees because they were so plentiful,

snow shoes and birch-bark canoes served as their transportation, for food they relied on mammals,

fowl, fish, and edible wild plants. For celebrations they would dress in their traditional clothing and beads,

then dance to the beat of the drum.

What do they do for jobs, fun?

The Cree men would hunt and care for the tribes, whiles the Cree women made and washed clothing,

cooked, cleaned, and for the children. For fun they would have pow-wows and other dances.

What type of government do they have?

The Cree people are self-governed, the Elders are there to give advice to the tribe, and they have a leader of the tribe to be there to help keep everything running well. That would classified as their government.

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