Cree

Quote from Great Plains by Ian Frazier -

The fact that their culture tended to fragment itself into so many different tribes and bands was probably a disadvantage to the Indians in the long run. But it certainly was a big help to early pioneers trying to come up with colorful place names.

Cree was the name of one of those tribes. Which practically cries out for inclusion in the Crawdad word ladder. Frazier says there were Plains Crees, Woodland Crees, and Swampy Crees. Though there is a Cree tribe still around today, evidently the original tribe didn’t call itself by that name. They used variations of the word Iyiniwok, which means “the people.”

If you want to hear Cree spoken, there's a treasure trove of stories here.