The term 'Manitoban Indian' refers to a member of the CREE First Nation, an Indigenous people of North America. The CREE are one of the largest groups of First Nations in Canada and the United States, with a population of over 200, 000. They traditionally inhabit the boreal and northern forests of Canada and the Great Plains of the United States. The CREE language is an Algonquian language spoken by many CREE people.