Abishabis

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title: Abishabis
text: Abishabis was a Cree religious leader. He became the prophet of a religious movement that spread among the Cree communities of northern Manitoba and Ontario during the 1840s. His preaching caused some Cree people to stop hunting furs, angering employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and reducing the company's profits. After losing much of his influence in 1843, Abishabis was suspected of murdering a First Nations family living near York Factory, in present-day Manitoba. He was arrested and impriso
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description: Cree religious leader in Canada (died 1843)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abishabis
date created: 2005-06-02T15:24:56Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T17:46:29Z
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