PIMICIKAMAK CREE

NIKICKONAKOS : Click for MISSINIPPI CREE, BASQUIA CREE, or WEST MUSHKEGOWUK

 

Pimicikamak Cree Territory: Central Manitoba, north of Lake Winnipeg.

 

Portals
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Cross Lake Band of Indians
Cross Lake, Manitoba

#102

 

Pimicikamak Cree Population
Canada (2020) - 9,000

A L G O N Q U I A N CREE ROCKY

 

 

FUN SPECULATION

Arthur Dobb's 1744 map, linked to just above, indicates how the first encounter with the French voyageurs might have occurred. The Quebecois started by saying "We are the French, who are you?" To which the First Nations persons replied, "We are the Pimicikamak!" However, the Quebecois only heard "The Pemc" and the rest they could not comprehend. However, being knowlegeable, one voyageur concluded that these people were, in fact, the Panis (Pawnee in English), or the "White Pawnee" to be precise, as they lived in snowy regions! Maybe he had previously enountered the real Pawnee on another voyage in the portion of France's Louisana Territory now known as Nebraska!

Ah but, you have to give the Voyageurs a little bit of credit. Unlike subsequent generations, they at least recognized that the Pimicikamak Cree were "different" from the adjacent West Mushkegowuk (Swampy) Cree. The Pimicikamak Cree are not on any of the other old maps in my extensive collection.