People group profile · PG043377
The Swampy Cree of Canada
The Swampy Cree of Canada, numbering about 3,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a distinct division of the Cree Nation, traditionally inhabiting the lowland and swampy regions of northern Manitoba, northeastern Saskatchewan, and northern Ontario, especially along the Hudson Bay and James Bay coasts.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Swampy Cree.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 3,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Swampy Cree (csw)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Scattered communities, Ontario, Hudson Bay coast, James Bay northwest coast; inland into Manitoba, then Saskatchewan
Where they live
Gospel status
The Swampy Cree are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Swampy Cree
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Swampy Cree · Algic family
89% speak Swampy Cree
Gospel resources in Swampy Cree
- Bible available, published 1976
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Swampy Cree
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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