Cree Tribe

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Cree is the first nation tribe lived in Canada. There are 200,000 Cree living in southern Canada and Montana. There are five groups of Cree: Western/Plains Cree, Northern/woodland Cree, Central/swampy Cree, Moose Cree and Eastern Cree. The Cree live in the subarctic region, Quebec and plains region in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The plains Cree lih is long cone-shaped that will ease its packing up and move to another place and it's made of buffalo skin. The woodland Cree live in Wigwams which were made of birch bark. Usually is made of materials from existing nature elements in that environment so it was the easiest shelter for them to build. The Cree use weapons such as bows and arrows to hunt an animal to eat. they hunted moose, duck, elk, buffalo, and rabbit. They also collect food from plants such as berries, wild rice, and turnips. …show more content…

in the warm climate the men wore long shirts and legging to protect their legs. They also wore breech clothes is a long rectangular piece. The women wore long dresses. In the winter both men and women wore long robes to keep them worm. they also wore a shoe called moccasin which made of animals

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