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'''1611:''' First non-Indian contact with Henry Hudson | '''1611:''' First non-Indian contact with Henry Hudson | ||
Late 1600's: Cree were trading with colonist and the Hudson Bay Company which had set up post at the mouth to the Nelson, Moose and Albany rivers. | |||
1730: Removed to the prairies, making them less dependent on the trading post. They took over land held by the Assinboin, The Assiniboin became their principal ally | |||
1700's: Trade relations with the [[Blackfeet Indians|Blackfeet]], these relations were maintained until 1790-1810 when the relation broke down | |||
1800: Missionaries convert many to Christianity | |||
The Cree traded with both the English and the French | The Cree traded with both the English and the French | ||
1840: Intertribal war with the Blackfeet, Dakota, [[Crow Indians|Crow]], [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne]], [[Nez Perce Indians|Nez Perce]] and [[Flathead Indians|Flathead]] | |||
1860: Population of the Plains Cree numbered 12,500 | |||
1881: Buffalo herds deminished; the tribe near of starvation | |||
1899: Population 6,807 | |||
1916: Assigned with the Chippewa to the [[Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (Montana)|Rocky Boy's Reservation]] in Montana | |||
1920-1940: Many die from tuberculosis, flu, measles, whooping cough and bronchitis<br> | |||
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