Cree beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

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The Cree beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement are the Indigenous Cree people of northern Quebec whose rights, lands, and benefits are defined and protected under this landmark modern treaty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
rights holders ⓘ
treaty beneficiaries ⓘ
associatedWith Cree Nation Government ⓘ
Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) ⓘ
beneficiaryOf JBNQA ⓘ
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Subarctic ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cree ⓘ
governedBy Cree Nation Government ⓘ
hasCollectiveRightsTo fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
land ⓘ
traditional resource use ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
hasDemographics population in the tens of thousands ⓘ
hasRightTo Cree-controlled education and health services ⓘ
compensation and benefits from hydroelectric and resource development projects ⓘ
participation in environmental and social impact assessment processes ⓘ
self-government arrangements ⓘ
hasTreatyRightsIn Category I lands ⓘ
Category II lands ⓘ
Category III lands ⓘ
historicalEvent James Bay hydroelectric development negotiations ⓘ
language Cree ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalInstrumentType modern treaty beneficiaries ⓘ
legalStatus Aboriginal peoples of Canada ⓘ
Indigenous rights holders under Canadian law ⓘ
locatedIn Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
northern Quebec ⓘ
partOf Eeyou Istchee Cree Nation ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of Quebec ⓘ
region James Bay region ⓘ
linked to: James Bay Lowlands

Nord-du-Québec ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Cree spiritual traditions ⓘ
representedBy Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees ⓘ
rightsDefinedBy James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ
rightsProtectedBy Constitution Act, 1982, section 35 ⓘ
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ
subjectTo Cree-Canada agreements implementing the JBNQA ⓘ
Cree-Quebec governance agreements ⓘ
timePeriod post-1975 modern treaty era ⓘ

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Grand Council of the Crees → represents → Cree beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ