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Can you tell me about Pawnee and Cree indians? *several questions* I have a lot of Pawnee and Cree indian in my background, what were the Pawnee and Cree known for? I am very good with horses and I have always been, does this have anything to do with it? What would my name be in Pawnee, or how do I get it? Do I earn it? The Pawnee, also known as Horn Head, and Red Horn made their villages on the Platte River. They are related to the Omaha, Osage, and Ree. They were semi nomadic farmers who also hunted buffalo. They got their names Horn Head and Red Horn by the practice of the warriors shaving their heads except for the crown of their heads which they greased with tallow and red clay and formed it into a horn looking projection. They were feirce warriors. Up until 1858 they were the only nation north of Mexico that practiced any form of human sacrifice. It was believed their god, The Morning Star, demanded a bride in order for the crops to grow. Every 4-6 years a small war party would set out to capture a virgin from another nation. Once back in their village, the young woman was pampered until time for the ceremony. She would be tied to the burial scaffold and shot in the heart with the sacred arrow by the Morning Star Priest. In the late 1840's after disease decimated their villages, the Pawnee began scouting for the us army againt their neighbors who were also their enemies.
The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Caddoan-language Native American tribe that historically lived along outlying tributaries of the Missouri River: the Platte, Loup and Republican Rivers in present-day Nebraska and in Northern Kansas. They were one of the dominant tribes on the Great Plains and followed a way of life whose major patterns had been continuous since about 1250 CE. In the 1830s, they still numbered about 12,000 people, as they had escaped some of the depredations of exposure to Eurasian infectious diseases. They have a ritual named Trails of tears From Nebraska to Oklahoma where they were exiled.
By 1859, their numbers were reduced to about 3,400 and they entered a reservation in Nebraska. Still subject to pressure from Lakota and European Americans, finally, most accepted relocation to a reservation in Oklahoma. This is where the nation primarily lives today. The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma is federally recognized. Their autonym is Chaticks-si-Chaticks, meaning "Men of men".
The Cree were made up of 2 distinct groups. The name Cree, comes from "Kristineaux", or "Kri" for short; a name given to Native Americans from the James Bay area by French fur traders.
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations/Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although 15,000 live in eastern Quebec.[1]
In the United States, this Algonquian-speaking people lived historically from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share a reservation with Chippewa (Ojibwa).[2]
The Cree Nation is generally divided into eight groups (some political, others cultural):
Skilled American bison hunters and horsemen, the Plains Cree were allied with the Assiniboine and the Saulteaux before they encountered French settlers in the 16th century.
The Cree are the largest group of First Nations in Canada, with over 200,000 members and 135 registered bands.[15] This large population may be a result of the Crees' traditional openness to inter-tribal marriage. Together, their reserve lands are the largest of any First Nations group in the country.[15] The largest Cree band and the second largest First Nations Band in Canada after the Six Nations Iroquois is the Lac La Ronge Band in northern Saskatchewan.
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As far as your name goes, if yo are male, your mother woudl give a name at birth. As an adult you can earn a name or one given to you or you could change it as you saw fit. If a female, you generally kept the name given at birth

Where can I find a map that will show me where the Cree lived? I need a map to show the Cree's territory. Can someone give me a link to one? go to search and type in cree indian nation. you will get sevral web sites.find onr or two thet offer the history of the cree people . it should have before and after maps.

What is the price of a jonnie walker black label at the duty cree in mexico? Please the date of the travel is important maybe like 30 dollars

How were Cree chiefs HISTORICALLY chosen? Or a website I can go to to find out? I can only find modern Grand Council of Cree stuff, I need ancient times. They were selected from families who were trained in leadership.

Can someone explain the basics of Cree Religion to me? I'm doing a project and I can't find anything on Cree Religion. Could anyone explain the basics to me? If you aren't coming up with any search results, it's probably because you're searching for "Cree Religion." Religion is institutionalized spirituality, not something you could really associate with the Native American mindset. Search for "Cree Spirituality" or "Cree Spiritual Practices" and you'll probably find much more.
If they are anything like other plains tribes, they revere Wakonta, The Great Mystery, and have a reverence for nature. Also, Cree was the name they gave themselves when speaking with Anglos, so you may want to search for their tribal names; Naskapi, Montagnais, Attikamekw, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, Plains Cree.

What was the environment like for the cree people? ( 10 points to the best answer)? My bro has a project due soon and he needs to know the environment for the cree people. Like for exampl, is it tundra or is it forested area, near oceans etc. Describe how their environment specifically affects their way of life or their culture. The Cree poople came from Asia only 10,000 years ago at best. We know it has gotten warmer since then. That's about it.

What did the Woodland Cree People Live In ? What did the Woodland Cree People live in? wigwams ? teepees ? what else ? i need a lot of suggestions ! My first recollection was that most of the Woodland Cree, also known as the Swampy Cree or the Maskegon, lived in hogans made of trees and pine needles. But I was surprised to learn that they used more than one kind of tree and various materials.
One source listed below second reference has them living thus:
"Their lodges varied in materials depending upon where they lived. In the southern areas they lived in birch-bark wigwams, and further north, where birch was more stunted, they used coverings of pine boughs and caribou hide over conical structures. "

How has the environment effect the way the Cree people live? I have looked everywhere for this question but i can't find the answer. Please can someone help, I really don't know.

Where can I go to learn to speak cree? So this is actually two questions rolled into one. I want to learn to speak cree and also learn ASL (American Sign Language). I don't want to learn either languages Through a book or via the internet. I would very much like to learn them through a class, the old fashioned way. see: http://www.firstnationsuniversity.ca/default.aspx?page=111
and: http://www.creedictionary.com/creelinks.php

I need to know any surnames for the Plains Cree of the Algonquian language? The Plains Cree is one of the four main dialects of the Algonquian language, and i have looked and looked and i cannot find and surnames that might be of the Plains Cree descent. I know that they may not have traditional last names like other tribes i've heard of that use things like: white feather, etc. But i just need to know any surnames that any ancestors of the Plains Cree language might have. Please no useless answers, thank you A couple of surnames from the Plains Cree are -
Mahkiyoc (''the big one')
Nakanasa (''the one who comes first")
You might find this link interesting as well, as it talks about Plains Cree (nêhiyawak) identity
http://www2.brandonu.ca/Library/cjns/20.2/cjnsv20no1_pg437-454.pdf

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