34%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Indigenous American, Cree (Anglicized) Scripts ᑲᐋᐧᐦᑲᑐᐢ(Cree) Meaning & History From Cree ᑲᐋᐧᐦᑲᑐᐢ (Kawâhkatos) meaning "poor man, weak from hunger". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan. Categories food, men, negative, rulers, strength