Woman’s hood, James Bay Cree, circa 1840James Bay Cree maker (name unrecorded). Woman’s hood, c. 1840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2021, 2021.434.28. Image CC0.
This starter guide currently focuses on the Eeyou of Eeyou Istchee through a Cree government's own community account. Wider Cree coverage still needs research.
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Homeland / region
Canada / Northern United States
Research depth
Source guide
Source collection
1 annotated resources · 1 Indigenous-led
Inspected sources
1 substantive works · selected content reviewed
Initial adequacy
Not assessed
Compiled
October 19, 2026
A source guide for a deeper dive.This entry provides a brief orientation and an organized reading path. A comprehensive deep dive has not yet been completed. Follow the annotated sources and distinguish primary community accounts from outside reference material.
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Woman’s hood, James Bay Cree, circa 1840 James Bay Cree maker (name unrecorded). Woman’s hood, c. 1840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2021, 2021.434.28. Image CC0.
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Identity and context
The Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee identifies its people as Eeyou and locates its homeland primarily in northern Québec, with historically occupied lands in Ontario. Its community account emphasizes distinct local histories alongside shared connections and describes local governments working through regional institutions.
Start with this government's own community descriptions and follow its links to individual First Nations. Research beyond Eeyou Istchee is still needed before this guide can represent the wider range of Cree communities and languages.
The old Cow Creek Umpqua publication is unrelated to Cree and should be replaced, not relabelled.
The source distinguishes local First Nations and an Eeyou regional government; these are not a single government for all Cree people.
No census counts, area totals, current officers, present treaty membership or current legal conclusions are asserted.
Keep the broader entry name Cree and kind Wider grouping / peoples. This is a limited starter reading path, not a proposed renaming of all Cree as Eeyou.
Do not add unrelated Plains Cree, Nêhiyaw or other regional assertions from this one page. No map data or canonical source was edited.
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Sources & further reading
Open any title to read the original source. Annotations explain what each link can help you explore.
No Indigenous-led source is identified in this entry yet. This is a gap in this collection, and does not imply an absence of community knowledge or organization.
Indigenous-ledGrand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation GovernmentSource 1
The Cree government's community account connects Eeyou identity, northern Québec homeland, historical Ontario lands and distinct local histories. Read the introduction, governance paragraphs and community descriptions. Scope is Eeyou Istchee, not every Cree people or language. Undated totals, officeholders and treaty-process statements are not adopted as current.
