Cries

See also: Cry, Cries (footballer)

The Cris (in English Creates or Crees ) are a nation Autochtone of North America. They extend from the Rocky Mountains with the Atlantic Ocean at the same time with the Canada and the the United States. The Langue shouts is one of the Amerindian languages most spoken about North America, but all the Cries usually do not speak it.

The Cries form the greatest nation Amerindian of Canada with more 200 000 individuals. They were known for their opening to the inter-tribal marriage. The Métis are a group born of the union of Cries and, originally, French of Canada, although it is generally accepted in the academic circles that the Métis term can be used to indicate a combination of any lines native and European.

The Cries of Quebec are joined together within the Grand the Council of the Cries ( Eeyou Istchee in cry) and of the regional Administration shouts. Since September 2005, Matthew Mukash is Big boss of the Cries of Quebec. We find the latter in 9 communities. Along the littoral is bay James, it there a: Chisasibi, Eastmain, Waskaganish, Wemindji and Whapmagoostui while at the interior of the grounds: Mistissini, Nemaska, Oujé-Bougoumou and Waswanipi. In Ontario, the communities shout are: Attawapiskat, Bearskin Lake, Chapleau, Constancy Lake (Calstock), Deer Lake, Flying Post (Nipigon), Strong Albany, Strong Severn, Kasaqbonika, Kingfisher Lake, Lansdowne House (Pickle Lake), MacDowellLake (Red Lake), Matachewan, Missanabie (Garden To rivet), Mocreebec, Moose Factory, New Post (Cochrane), Weagamow Lake (North Caribou), Northwest Angle (Kenora), Sachigo, Wahgoshig (Mayheson), Wawakapewin (Long Dog), Webequie and Weenusk (Peawanuk).

Population

They were 5000 in 1812, and 20.000 at the end of the 19th century

Name

Cries is the abbreviation of Knistenaux (or Christenaux ) of the French name of an old village called Kenisteniwuik.

History

The first contact between Europeans and the Cries of the Bay James date of the 16th century in 1610 with the explorer Henry Hudson. In 1670, They started to make the trade of the fur with the Compagnie of Hudson Bay and had the Monopole on more than 13 km. As from the XVIIe century, this area is the theater of an important trade of the Fourrure S and evangelization of the residents. About 1950, with the decline of the Treats furs, the Cries had other choices only of sédentariser. Then in the middle of the years 1970, from great projects of hydroelectric stations came to disturb in an important way the life of these people. With Hydro-Quebec, the governments of the Quebec and Canada, the Grand the Council of the Cries signed in 1975 the Convention of the Bay-James and Québécois North (CBJNQ) and in 2002, the Paix of the Brave men. These two Traité S of the modern era grant to the Cries a certain number of rights and capacities as well as compensations for the loss of territory and the abandonment of certain traditional activities.

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