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Summer Beaver is a small Oji-Cree First Nation reserve.

ᐊᑲᓯᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒪᐡᑭᑯᒧᐊᐧᐨ.

The language of Oji-Cree, also known as Severn Ojibwe, is a variety of Ojibwe and gets many of its words from the Cree language. There are many different varieties of the language, and these varieties can be very different from each other.

ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᐡᑭᑯᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᓂᑲ ᐅᒋᐯᐧᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᔑᓀᐧᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᒧᐃᐧ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᑕᐸᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ. ᒥᔑᓇᑐᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᓂᒣᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐃᓂᑕᑲᐧᓂᑭᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ.

Oji-Cree is spoken mainly in Northern Ontario and Northern Manitoba.

ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᐡᑭᑯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒪᓂᑐᐸ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

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