Chippewa Cree
The Chippewa Cree Tribe (Officially in Cree: ᐅᒋᐻᐤ ᓀᐃᔭᐤ, romanized: ocipwêw nêiyaw) is a federally recognized tribe on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana who are descendants of Cree who migrated south from Canada and Chippewa (Ojibwe) who moved west from the Turtle Mountains in North Dakota in the late nineteenth century. The two different peoples spoke related but distinct Algonquian languages.
ᐅᒋᐻᐤ ᓀᐃᔭᐤ | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 5,656 enrolled (3,323 per the 2010 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( Montana) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Cree, Ojibwe | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism, Methodism, Midewiwin | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ottawa, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples |
This tribe is the southernmost Cree tribe in North America.
Rocky Boy Indian Reservation is located in Hill and Chouteau counties in northeastern Montana, about 40 miles (64 km) from the Canada–United States border. It has a total land area of 171.4 square miles (443.9 km2), which includes extensive off-reservation trust lands. The population was 3,323 at the 2010 census. The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Labor Force Report of 2005 reported 5,656 enrolled members of the tribe.