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The Cree Nations
The Cree form an aboriginal population ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in North America. Their ancestral language was once the most common across North America; the loss of culture and language means that few Cree can now speak this language. English and French have become more common. The Cree have over 200,000 members, making them the largest First Nations group in Canada. Unlike other tribes, the Cree embraced inter-tribal marriages. For example, the Canadian Métis have a mixed Cree-French heritage. The Cree nation acquired firearms and traded first with the Europeans, causing their population to rapidly expand in the 17th and 18th centuries. These numbers were somewhat reduced because of smallpox epidemics in the 1784 and 1838, as well as ongoing war between the Cree, Dakota, and Blackfeet Indians. Today, the Cree are divided into two main groups – the Woodland Cree, who relied on hunting, and the Plains Cree, who hunted bison. The Woodland Cree Woodland Cree preferred to hunt big game like Caribou and moose. However, large animals were scarce, so they relied heavily on hunting hare. Famine would occasionally lead to cannibalism, related through tribal stories and by Europeans. In addition to game, … Continue reading The Cree Nations →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
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