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== Notable Cree people == [[File:Mähsette Kuiuab Chief of the Cree indians 0022v.jpg|thumb|upright|Mähsette Kuiuab, [[Tribal chief|chief]] of the Cree, 1840–1843, [[Karl Bodmer]].]] <!--Please only list members of Cree First Nations.--> * [[Janice Acoose]], author, of Sakimay ([[Saulteaux]]) and Ninankawe Marival Métis ancestry * [[Nathaniel Arcand]] ([[Alexander First Nation]]), actor * [[Ethan Bear]], (b. 1997), [[NHL]] hockey player for the [[Vancouver Canucks]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oilersnation.com/2020/07/28/ethan-bear-to-don-jersey-with-cree-syllabics-in-exhibition-game/|title = Ethan Bear to don jersey with Cree syllabics in exhibition game|date = 28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Irene Bedard]], actress * [[Craig Berube]], Head coach of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] * [[Robyn Bourgeois]], author and academic * [[Joe Buffalo]], actor and skateboarder * [[Ashley Callingbull-Burnham]] ([[Enoch Cree Nation]]), 2015 Mrs. Universe winner, actress and first nations activist * [[Harold Cardinal]], writer, political leader, teacher, and lawyer * [[Lorne Cardinal]], actor * [[Tantoo Cardinal]], actor * [[Jonathan Cheechoo]], [[NHL]] and [[KHL]] hockey player * [[Shirley Cheechoo]], actress, writer, and filmmaker * [[Vern Cheechoo]], musician * [[Misha (writer)|Misha Nogha Chocholak]], author * [[Belinda Daniels]], language teacher * [[Billy Diamond]], political leader, first Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) * [[Neil Diamond (filmmaker)|Neil Diamond]], filmmaker * [[Connie Fife]], poet * [[Theoren Fleury]], retired NHL hockey player, humanitarian, spokesperson, and author * [[Ralph Steinhauer|Ralph Garvin Steinhauer]], [[List of lieutenant governors of Alberta|tenth]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] and first [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] to hold that post. * [[Edward Gamblin]], musician * [[Sebastian Gaskin]], musician * [[Mary Greyeyes]] (1920–2011), the first [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] woman to join the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] * [[Michael Greyeyes]], actor * [[Tomson Highway]], playwright, librettist of the first Cree-language opera * [[Tyson Houseman]], actor * [[Helen Knott]], activist and author * [[Asivak Koostachin]], actor * [[Jules Arita Koostachin]], writer and filmmaker * [[Melina Laboucan-Massimo]], climate justice advocate * [[Cody Lightning]], actor * [[Lawrence Martin (musician)|Lawrence Martin]], musician and politician * [[Ovide Mercredi]], National chief of the [[Assembly of First Nations]] * [[Delia Opekokew]], lawyer and activist * [[Robert Falcon Ouellette]], A Cree Member of Parliament, played a pivotal role in promoting Indigenous languages including C-91 within Canada.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/honouring-indigenous-languages-within-parliament/ | title=Honouring Indigenous Languages within Parliament – Canadian Parliamentary Review – la Revue parlementaire canadienne | date=8 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4901314/indigenous-winnipeg-mp-delivers-historic-speech-in-house-of-commons/ | title=Indigenous Winnipeg MP delivers speech in Cree in House of Commons - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/canada-native-languages-parliament-indigenous | title=Sound of native languages in parliament to mark win for indigenous Canadians | newspaper=The Guardian | date=27 January 2019 | last1=Cecco | first1=Leyland }}</ref> * [[Bronson Pelletier]], actor * [[Emily Riddle]], poet<ref>Catherine Zhu, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/n%C3%AAhiyaw-writer-emily-riddle-first-ever-winner-of-10k-canadian-first-book-prize-for-debut-poetry-collection-1.6845208 "Nêhiyaw writer Emily Riddle first ever winner of $10K Canadian First Book Prize for debut poetry collection"]. [[CBC Books]], May 18, 2023.</ref> * [[Romeo Saganash]], Member of Parliament for [[Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou]], Quebec * [[Paul Seesequasis]], writer and journalist * [[Roseanne Supernault]], actress * [[Clayton Thomas-Müller]], activist and memoirist * [[Richard Throssel]] (1882–1933), photographer * [[Michelle Thrush]], actor * [[Loretta Todd]], film director * [[Gordon Tootoosis]], actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nestor |first1=Rob |title=Tootoosis, Gordon (1941–2011) |url=https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/tootoosis_gordon.php |website=Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> * [[Shane Yellowbird]], country singer * [[Alfred Young Man]] (Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, b. 1948), educator, writer, curator, and artist
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