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Oji-Cree
Anishinini
Distribution of Anishinaabe peoples; the Oji-Cree are depicted by the orange band.
Regions with significant populations
Canada ( Ontario, Manitoba)
Languages
Oji-Cree, English
Related ethnic groups
Ojibwe, Cree

The Oji-Cree are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.

The Oji-Cree people are descended from historical intermarriage between the Ojibwa and Cree cultures, but are generally considered a nation distinct from either of their ancestral groups.[ citation needed] They are considered one of the component groups of Anishinaabe, and reside primarily in a transitional zone between traditional Ojibwa lands to their south and traditional Cree lands to their north. Historically, the Oji-Cree were identified by the British and Canadian governments as "Cree." The Oji-Cree have identified with the Cree (or more specifically, the Swampy Cree) and not with the Ojibwa located to the south of them. Traditionally, they were called Noopiming-ininiwag (People in the Woods) by the Ojibwe. Oji-Cree at Round Lake First Nation were known as Ajijaakoons (little cranes), due to their chief's name, Ajijaak. The Oji-Cree identify by the autonym Anishinaabe or Anishinini (Original Human).

Their language and culture also derive from mixed Ojibwa and Cree traditions. Anishininimowin (the Oji-Cree language) is more closely related to Ojibwa structurally, although its literary tradition more closely resembles that of Cree. Anishinaabemowin has about 12,600 speakers. [1]

Oji-Cree bands

References

Further reading

  • Favel, Fred (2001). Northern Lights and Satellites: Kenina Kakekayash, Oji-Cree, Director of Radio, Wawatay Radio Network. Ottawa: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. ISBN  0-662-65945-7.
  • Long, John (2010). Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905. Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN  978-0-77353-760-6.
  • Macfie, John; Johnston, Basil (1991). Hudson Bay Watershed A Photographic Memoir of the Ojibway, Cree, and Oji-Cree. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN  1-55002-088-9.
  • Rogers, Edward S.; Taylor, Garth (1978). "Northern Ojibwa". In Sturtevant, William C. (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 6: Subarctic. Government Printing Office. ISBN  0-160-04578-9.
  • Triggs-Raine, B. L.; Kirkpatrick, R. D.; Kelly, S. L.; Norquay, L. D.; Cattini, P. A.; Yamagata, K.; Hanley, A. J.; Zinman, B.; Harris, S. B.; Barrett, P. H.; Hegele, R. A. (2002). "HNF-1alpha G319S, a Transactivation-Deficient Mutant, Is Associated with Altered Dynamics of Diabetes Onset in an Oji-Cree Community". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (7): 4614–4619. Bibcode: 2002PNAS...99.4614T. doi: 10.1073/pnas.062059799. PMC  123696. PMID  11904371.
  • Valentine, Lisa Philips (1995). "Making It Their Own /Severn Ojibwe Communicative Practices". Anthropological Horizons. Vol. 7. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN  0-8020-0643-4.
  • Valentine, Lisa Philips (1990). "Work to Create the Future You Want": Contemporary Discourse in a Severn Ojibwe Community.