Oji-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. 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 and not with the Ojibwa located to the south of them. Traditionally, they were called either Noopiming-ininiwag or Ajijaakoons by the Ojibwa. The Oji-Cree identify by the autonym is Anishinaabe or Anishinini.
Their language and culture also derive from mixed Ojibwa and Cree traditions. Anishinaabemowin is more closely related to Ojibwa structurally, although its literary tradition more closely resembles that of Cree. Anishinaabemowin has about 12,600 speakers.

Oji-Cree bands