At a time, the Cree were also found in the United States. They were located in Montana, northern Minnesota, and even North Dakota. The American Cree are in the federally recognized Chippewa Cree tribe, you can find in on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. The limits going south for the Cree located in Montana. It stopped at the Missouri River and the Milk River. The Cree spreaded across the North America. It originally migrated from the Subartic region of Canada and to the Great Plains and the Northeast woodlands.
The Cree are divided into eight different groups, depending on patois and region. They are known as the sub-groups. Some of the groups are languages and some are groups of Cree Indians. The languages are much different due to the way the vowels are pronounced. Some are very similar languages and some have major differences. To this day, …show more content…
The Canadian Cree would fish and mostly enjoyed salmon and pike. They had a very large variety for hunting. A few of the animals were bears, elk, deer, wolves, beavers, caribou, moose and rabbits. The Plains Cree also hunted elk, wild turkey, bear and deer. The Woodland Cree fished and hunted smaller animals. Some of the animals were deer, quirrels, bear, beavers and raccoons. They also enjoyed pumpkin, beans, squash and corn. The weapons included spears, bows and arrows, spear, hatchet axes and a variety of different clubs. They also lived in Wigwams, also known as a wetus, or birchbark