Sentence examples for cree descent from inspiring English sources

Early 21st-century population estimates indicated some 90,000 individuals of Cree descent.

Mary Longman, of Plains Cree descent, offers a sculpture made from the joined root systems of two trees, one sitting on the ground, the other reaching upward.

The word métis, which means "mixed" in French, can be used of any aboriginal (First Nation) person of mixed descent, but the Métis who are of mixed French and Cree descent are the only speakers of Michif.

The 677C>T MTHFR gene polymorphism was genotyped in 138 subjects of Oji-Cree descent.

"Iron Eyes Cody," Those Terrible "Crying Indian" Commercials, 1970 - 1971 In order to fake cry in those cringe-worthy Keep America Beautiful spots of the '70s, Espera DeCorti changed his name to Iron Eyes Cody and claimed to be of Cherokee and Cree ancestry, although his half-sister later revealed he was actually of Italian descent.

"When I was growing up, it was common for conservation officers to shoot 25 bears a season," explains the mayor, Mike Spence, who is of Cree and Scottish descent.

Flett identifies herself as Cree-Métis (of mixed Cree Indian ancestry), and key words in her story are transliterated from the Cree "n-dialect," printed in crimson italics.

The multi-ethnic study included Canadians of South Asian and Chinese descent, Oji-Cree (Ontario, Canada), and Inuit from Greenland.

Cree's bottom line has suffered over the last year.

(See, Cree Introduces an LED Bulb Edison Would Love). But Cree is joining many other LED lighting companies targeting consumers.

Sara Sinclair is an oral historian of Cree-Ojibwa, German-Jewish and British descent.