This article is about the ethnic group. For a particular band government, see Woodland Cree First Nation.
The Sakāwithiniwak or Woodland Cree, are a Cree people, calling themselves Nîhithaw in their own dialect of the language. They are the largest indigenous group in northern Alberta and are an Algonquian people. Prior to the 18th century, their territory extended west of Hudson Bay, as far north as Churchill. Although in western Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, by the 18th century, they acted as middlemen in trade with western tribes. After acquiring guns through trade, they greatly expanded their territory and drove other tribes further west and north.
The Rocky Cree or Asinikaw Īthiniwak are often grouped alongside the Woodland Cree, though many see them as a distinct group of Cree.[1] The Rocky Cree once spoke a distinct "r" dialect of Cree before assimilating into the Woodland "th" dialect.[2]
^"Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak". sixseasonsproject.ca. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^Brightman, Robert (2007). Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians. University of Regina Press. ISBN 978-0-88977-195-6.
The Sakāwithiniwak or WoodlandCree, are a Cree people, calling themselves Nîhithaw in their own dialect of the language. They are the largest indigenous...
The WoodlandCree First Nation is a First Nation in Alberta, Canada, in Northern Sunrise County northeast of the town of Peace River, encompassing the...
dialect has 4,500 speakers. WoodlandCree and Rocky Cree – a group in northern Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Plains Cree – a total of 34,000 people...
classified as "th-Cree", "n-Cree" and "l-Cree", from west to east; Cree traditionally associated with the WoodlandCree make no distinction between "s"...
WoodlandCree 227 is an Indian reserve of the WoodlandCree First Nation in Alberta, located within Northern Sunrise County. It is 60 kilometres northeast...
Woodland Cree 227 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021. Reserve, settlement or village details for WoodlandCree 228...
Alberta is the Cree, if the WoodlandsCree and Plains Cree are counted together. Thirty-two First Nations bands in Alberta are affiliated with Cree culture and...
WoodlandCree 226 is an Indian reserve of the WoodlandCree First Nation in Alberta, located within Northern Sunrise County. It is 48 kilometres northeast...
WoodlandCree 228 is an Indian reserve of the WoodlandCree First Nation in Alberta, located within Northern Sunrise County. It is 75 kilometres northeast...
Woodland Cree 227 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021. Reserve, settlement or village details for WoodlandCree 228...
Woodland Cree 227 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021. Reserve, settlement or village details for WoodlandCree 228...
Mikisew Cree First Nation (Cree: ᒥᑭᓯᐤ, mikisiw, meaning: "golden eagle") is an Indigenous First Nations government of WoodlandCree people in northeastern...
The Bigstone Cree Nation (Cree: ᐅᐸᓯᑯᓂᐍᐤ, opasikoniwew) is a First Nations band government in Alberta, Canada. As WoodlandCree, they are a western branch...
Alberta has been home to several First Nations like Plains Indians and WoodlandCree. It was also a territory used by fur traders of the rival companies...
majority of the Woodland artists belong to the Anishinaabeg, notably the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, as well as the Oji-Cree and the Cree. The style was...
WoodlandCree and, more specifically Rocky Cree (Asinīskāwiyiniwak). The First Nation is a signatory to the 1909 Treaty 5 Adhesion. Bunibonibee Cree Nation...
far back as 7000 years ago. They were eventually supplanted by the WoodlandCree who were nomadic hunters in this region. The site of Cranberry Portage...
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (Rocky Cree: ᐊᓯᓃᐢᑳᐏᑎᓂᐘᐠ, Asinîskâwitiniwak) is a WoodlandCree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan consisting of eight...
ISBN 978-0889771277. Merasty, Marie (1974). The World of Wetiko: Tales from the WoodlandCree. Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College. "Windigo, the Ice Cannibal (Wendigo...
tribal affiliation is Nîhithaw, or the WoodlandCree or Wood Cree and their linguistic group is Algonquian (Cree). Their population which includes 390...
Southern Plains Cree, Woods Cree, Rock Cree, Western Swampy Cree, Eastern Swampy Cree, Moose Cree, and Atikamekw. Western Woods Cree is the term used...
The Montreal Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᒨᓂᔮᐏ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, môniyâwi-sâkahikanihk) is a WoodlandCree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan. The administrative...
thirty miles west of Beauval, within the ancient hunting grounds of the WoodlandCree. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 912 living...
(Woods Cree: ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, romanized: mistahi-sâkahikanihk) is a WoodlandCree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, it is the largest Cree band government...
Assiniboine, Stoney (téhą nakóda or į́yąȟe wįcášta), the Plains and WoodlandCree, Saulteaux (called iʾášijabina), as well as Métis (sakná), and individual...
History of Women and Bitter Embrace:White Society's Assault on the WoodlandCree are her last two books. Both Revenge of the Land and A Canadian Tragedy...
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