Crees
Language Family: Algonkian

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The French "Cris" include both the prairie and the woodland tribes, situated to the west of James Bay. The English "Cree" include the prairie and woodland tribes; the Muskegons, the Algonkin band inhabiting the swampy land around James Bay ("Swampy Cree"); the Naskapi; the Montagnais-Naskapi and the Montagnais of the Quebec peninsula. (DCB)