A new First Nations immersive language program inspired is looking to help preserve Plains Cree, a dialect of the Cree language. The program, called a "language nest," is a non-classroom space for ...

The word ‘Cree,’ itself probably came from a French version of an Ojibwa word, ‘kistanowak,’ meaning “people of the north.” Plains Cree call ourselves Nêhiyaw. Many Elders tell us that Nêhiyaw means, ...

On August 15, 1876, two thousand Plains and Woods Cree camped on the plains outside Fort Carlton on the North Saskatchewan River, waited to meet with Treaty Commissioner Alexander Morris.

Her ongoing research focuses on the ways Plains Cree ceremonial laws work to maintain networks of relations among many different kinds of persons - humans, plant and animal spirits, ancestral beings, ...

Manon Tremblay is a nêhiyaw-iskwêw (Plains Cree) from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. She stepped into her role as Senior Director, Indigenous Directions in December 2019. Prior to joining the Office of ...