#again Cree does not fall under the Anishnaabe group UNLESS they are Oji-Cree so the examples you gave wouldnt count

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Since you mentioned it in the post, is the Anishinaabe language group the more prefered term for the Ojibwe-Potawatomi continuum of languages, or is it based on how the people themselves identify? Where Anishinaabe is the endonym for the people, rather than Ililî/Nêhiraw/Nêhiyaw/Nêhinaw/Inniw

Thanks in advance.

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question, but "Anishnaabe" is just one way many people who fall under this group identify themselves, it's an endonym. The tribes that fall under this group are also of course very closely linguistically related to each other and can be mutually intelligible, but yes there are other variations of the word "Anishnaabe". It's still an endonym, it's just that saying "Anishnaabe" is just a little less specific than saying something like "Ojibwe" or "Potawatomi", & when they say it they know it also includes other tribes.