I am Cree and Cherokee. My husband is Ojibwe (Anishinabek) and I am living in his reserve. I am not the only one. There was another Cree woman living with her husband in his reserve, too. Both of the reserves are in the same place here. Hee Hee Hee. 
So no big deal.
Anyway, my Cree tradition is to be cremated, not buried. Some would prefer to be buried. The religion missionary (priests called the "Black Robes" make us be buried in the past. But now or today, it is really up to anyone who would prefer to buried or cremated.
I just feel that I want to be cremated because I would like to be free. Being buried under ground does not seem like a good way to cover up with casket and seal up with box nailed with the lid. I know from someone telling us that it is to prevent some grave robbers not have to dig up very deep and try to take the box with the nailed lid. Then try to take the casket up to wherever they want to change to another place like building a new house on top of the grave. Good grieve. I think this is silly and a waste of time.
I hope to be a bird in my next life. 
