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comparison with Woodland Cree

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  In Cree
  The Plains Cree (Paskwâwiyiniwak) lived on the northern Great Plains; like other Plains peoples, their traditional economy focused on bison hunting and gathering wild plant foods. After acquiring horses and firearms, they were more militant than the Woodland Cree, raiding and warring against many other Plains…
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dominion of Canada

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  In Canada: The first Riel rebellion
  …were the powerful Plains peoples—the Plains Cree and the Blackfoot Confederacy, buffalo hunters not under the influence of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Canada had taken no account of the Métis or First Nations in effecting the transfer, assuming it could take over from the company and then consider what should…
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