Language from which we get "Manitoba" and "Saskatchewan" (4)

I believe the answer is:

cree

(Other definitions for cree that I've seen before include "Alien language" , "tribe" , "Member of an Algonquian people of central Canada" , "Soften up" , "Native American language" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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