The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - The Canoe Cree 1650 - 1770

It has often been said that the western Cree came into the west in the wake of the Fur Trade to exploit a position as middlemen. Actual history shows the Cree to have been here long before, and to have adapted their historic way of life to take advantage of the fur trade - not for profit, but for novelty. This history looks at the 100 years for which this way of life lasted.