Swampy Cree (variously known as Maskekon, Maskegon and Omaškêkowak, and often anglicized as Omushkego) is a variety of the Algonquian language, Cree. It is spoken in a series of Swampy Cree communities in northern Manitoba, central northeast of Saskatchewan along the Saskatchewan River and along the Hudson Bay coast and adjacent inland areas to the south and west, and Ontario along the coast of Hudson Bay and James Bay.
Stories about Swampy Cree
MICEC TikTok
The Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (MICEC) utilized TikTok during the pandemic to connect with their community, sharing cultural content in the Indigenous languages of Nēhinawēwin (Swampy Cree) and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe).
