Eeyou

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Eeyou are the Indigenous Cree people of northern Quebec, Canada, with a distinct language, culture, and traditional territory often referred to as Eeyou Istchee.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eeyou canonical 2
Eeyou and Eenou 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cree people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith James Bay hydroelectric development ⓘ
collectiveName Eeyou and Eenou ⓘ
linked to: Eeyou
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
culture Cree culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf northern Quebec ⓘ
governingBody Cree Nation Government ⓘ
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) ⓘ
hasCommunity Chisasibi ⓘ
Eastmain ⓘ
Mistissini ⓘ
Nemaska ⓘ
linked to: Nemaska, Quebec

Oujé-Bougoumou ⓘ
Washaw Sibi Eeyou ⓘ
Waskaganish ⓘ
Waswanipi ⓘ
Wemindji ⓘ
linked to: Waskaganish

Whapmagoostui ⓘ
linked to: Waskaganish
hasTreaty James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ
Paix des Braves agreement ⓘ
language Cree language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
legalStatus Indigenous peoples in Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
mainTerritory Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Innu ⓘ
Inuit of Nunavik ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
partOf Cree Nation ⓘ
primaryLanguageVariety Northern East Cree ⓘ
Southern East Cree ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada ⓘ
region James Bay region ⓘ
linked to: James Bay Lowlands

northern Quebec ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Cree spiritual traditions ⓘ
rights Aboriginal rights in Canada ⓘ
selfDesignation Eeyou ⓘ
selfDesignationMeaning the people ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
usesSyllabics Cree syllabics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eeyou → selfDesignation → Eeyou ⓘ
Eeyou → collectiveName → Eeyou and Eenou ⓘ
linked to: Eeyou