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Henry Hudson
First non-Native American contact with Henry Hudson. -
Trade
The Plains Cree Tribe were trading with the colonist and the Hudson Bay Company. They traded at a post by the Albany rive, Moose river, and Nelson river. -
Prairies (spring time of the year 1730)
Now in the prairies, they became less dependent on the trading post. They over throw the Assinboin and take their land. The Cree and Assiniboin become enemies. -
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Trade with Blackfeet
Start to trade with the Blackfeet tribe in 1790. This ended in 1810. -
Religion and Trade
In the late 1800s, missionaries converted many of the Cree's to Christianity. The Cree also traded with both the English and French. -
War
War started between the Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Cree, Crow, Dakota, Flathead, and Nez Perce tribes in 1840. -
Population
By 1860, there is a population of about 12,500. -
The Buffalo are Gone
By 1881, the buffalo are gone and the Cree are undergoing starvation. -
Population Decreases
Population in the Cree Tribe is down to about 6,807 -
Reservation
The Cree are put into the Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana with the Chippewa tribe. -
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Diseases
Through the years 1920-1940 many of the people die from bronchitis, the flu, tuberculosis, and the whooping cough.
