* [[Plains Indians|Plains Cree]] – a total of 34,000 people in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Montana.
Due to the many dialects of the [[Cree language]], the people have no modern collective [[Endonym|autonymendonym]]. The Plains Cree and Attikamekw refer to themselves using modern forms of the historical {{lang|cr-Latn|nêhiraw}}, namely {{lang|cr-Latn|nêhiyaw}} and {{lang|cr-Latn|nêhirawisiw}}, respectively. Moose Cree, East Cree, Naskapi, and Montagnais all refer to themselves using modern dialectal forms of the historical {{lang|cr-Latn|iriniw}}, meaning 'man.' Moose Cree use the form {{lang|cr-Latn|ililiw}}, coastal East Cree and Naskapi use {{lang|cr-Latn|iyiyiw}} (variously spelled {{lang|cr-Latn|iiyiyiu}}, {{lang|cr-Latn|iiyiyuu}}, and {{lang|cr-Latn|eeyou}}), inland East Cree use {{lang|cr-Latn|iyiniw}} (variously spelled {{lang|cr-Latn|iinuu}} and {{lang|cr-Latn|eenou}}), and Montagnais use {{lang|cr-Latn|ilnu}} and {{lang|cr-Latn|innu}}, depending on dialect. The Cree use "Cree," "cri," "Naskapi, or "montagnais" to refer to their people only when speaking French or English.<ref name=Pentland>{{cite book |quote=David H. Pentland, "Synonymy" |first=John J. |last=Honigmann |chapter=West Main Cree |title=Handbook of North American Indians |volume=6: Subarctic |editor1=June Helm |editor-link1=June Helm |editor2= William C. Sturtevant |editor-link2=William C. Sturtevant |publisher=Smithsonian |___location=Washington, D.C. |date=1981 |page=227 |isbn=978-0-16-004578-3 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKfPuwEACAAJ&pg=PA227}}</ref>{{wide image|Cree Indian sun dancers, probably Montana, ca 1893 (LAROCHE 126).jpeg|500px|A group of Cree [[sun dance]]rs, photographed {{Circa|1893}} by [[Frank La Roche]]}}
