a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Cree Indians.
a member of a Native American people living in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
a syllabic writing system of this and certain other languages
from first syllable of Canadian French Christianaux, probably based on Ojibwa Kenistenoag (tribal name)
of unknown origin
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He is survived by his wife, Cinda Cree Hicks, six children and 14 grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Students learn about food in their Cree classes and participate in land-based food activities and harvests.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
Cree will get on his bike, I will put Cairo in a wagon and we’re off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old accused in the attacks on James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, died in police custody a few days later.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
“I know, that’s on me. But I am certain. He’s speaking an old Cree I don’t even fully know. He’s way more fluent than me or anyone else I’ve met. And walked his lineage back.”
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
The court will hear arguments on this subject in mid-October, may take several months to write its de cree.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a curt de cree, the government dismissed the 86-year-old Chrysostomos and the twelve bishops of the Holy Synod, the church's highest governing body.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Cree, cree, cree,” Frightful answered from a leafless maple.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Luis de Leon implicitly denied the charge, which he manifestly thought beneath contempt: 'Y si yo hubiera tratado como Leon cree de que la Inquisicion vedara su libro, yo hiciera que se advirtiera.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
The door of Ruttledge's office whispered: ee: cree.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
For third-year engineering student Michelle Crees, there is a lack of clarity over what to expect over the coming weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
Over the years, the Crees have pushed for greater protection of their traditional territory in northern Quebec, which are mostly on provincial lands.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Mr. Saganash, the tallyman who has long fought against logging, belongs to the Crees centered in Waswanipi, a town eight hours north by car from Montreal.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
What particularly outrages the Crees is that Quebec doesn't need all that power, some of which may be sold to New England and New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
A missionary among the Crees, Edgerton R. Young, told me of a white man who was once out hunting.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
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