People group profile · PG050674
The Chippewa Cree of the United States
The Chippewa Cree of the United States, numbering about 3,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Native American people of mixed Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Cree ancestry, primarily located on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in north-central Montana.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Native American religions, and they primarily speak English.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 3,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- English (eng)
- Primary religion
- Native American religions
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Montana: Rocky Boy's Reservation
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chippewa Cree are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chippewa Cree
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Native American religions · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
100% speak English
Gospel resources in English
Films
- JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)
Bibles
- American Standard Bible · text
- English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible · video, text
- English Version for the Deaf · text
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® · video
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Christmas Film · video
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Easter Film · video
- King James Version · video, audio, text
- New American Standard Bible (NASB) · text
- New Life Version (Easy to Read) · text
- New Living Translation®, Holy Sanctuary version · audio
- Revised Version 1885 · text
- World English Bible - Winfred Henson · audio, text
- World Messianic Version · text
- Wycliffe Modern · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chippewa Cree
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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