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=== History === | === History === | ||
Contact with the non-Indians occured early in the 1600's. By the late 1600's the tribe was trading with the coloist and the Hudson Bay Company which had trading posts on the Nelson, Moose and Albany rivers. | Contact with the non-Indians occured early in the 1600's. By the late 1600's the tribe was trading with the coloist and the Hudson Bay Company which had trading posts on the Nelson, Moose and Albany rivers.Trade was established with both the French and British. | ||
In the 1730's the tribe moved to the prairies, tribal leaders wanted the tribe to be independent and less dependent on the trading post. The prairies were inhabited by the Assiniboin who became their ally. | In the 1730's the tribe moved to the prairies, tribal leaders wanted the tribe to be independent and less dependent on the trading post. The prairies were inhabited by the Assiniboin who became their ally. | ||
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'''1840: '''Intertribal war with the Blackfeet, Dakota, Crow, Cheyenne, Nez Perce and Flathead | '''1840: '''Intertribal war with the Blackfeet, Dakota, Crow, Cheyenne, Nez Perce and Flathead | ||
'''1860:''' population of the Plains Cree numbered 12,500 | '''1860:''' population of the Plains Cree numbered 12,500 | ||
'''1881:''' Buffalo herds deminished; the tribe near of starvation | '''1881:''' Buffalo herds deminished; the tribe near of starvation | ||
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==== Cree ==== | ==== Cree ==== | ||
*Carlson, Paul H. ''The Plains Indians''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, c1998. FHL | *Carlson, Paul H. ''The Plains Indians''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, c1998. {{FHL|Book 970.1 C197p}} | ||
==== General ==== | ==== General ==== | ||