swampy cree

swampy cree
noun
Usage: usually capitalized S&C
1. : an Algonquian people comprising the Maskegon and the Monsoni formerly inhabiting swampy regions of Manitoba and Ontario from Lake Winnipeg and Lake of the Woods to the Moose river and Hudson Bay and sometimes classed with the Cree people and sometimes with the Chippewa
2. : a member of the Swampy Cree people

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