In the Crees' settlement I have a home from home (9)
I believe the answer is:
residence
'home' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'in the crees' settlement i have a home' is the wordplay.
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'settlement' indicates anagramming the letters.
'have' indicates putting letters inside.
'a home' becomes 'den' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'crees' with letters rearranged gives 'resce'.
'resce' enclosing 'i' is 'resice'.
'resice' going around 'den' is 'RESIDENCE'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for residence that I've seen before include "bode" , "Dire scene (anag.)" , "Dwelling place" , "Person's home" , "Abode, home" .)