The Cree are a North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations.
A Cree camp, likely in Montana, photographed c. 1893
A group of Cree sun dancers, photographed c. 1893 by Frank La Roche
Nēhiyaw (Plains Cree) camp near the future site of Vermilion, Alberta, in 1871
Chippewa Cree Tribal Chairman Raymond Parker Jr. signs an agreement with the FEMA in Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana on August 17, 2010.
Cree is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 indigenous people across Canada in 2021, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. If considered one language, it is the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. The only region where Cree has any official status is in the Northwest Territories, alongside eight other aboriginal languages. There, Cree is spoken mainly in Fort Smith and Hay River.
Trilingual plaque in English, French and Cree
A Quebec stop sign in Cree, English and French