Eeyou Istchee

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Location of Eeyou Istchee within Québec
People Eeyou / Eenou
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ
Language Eeyou / Eenou Ayimūn
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ
CountryEeyou / Eenou Istchee
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ ᐊᔅᒌ

Eeyou Istchee [note 1] is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Quebec that is represented by the Grand Council of the Crees. On July 24, 2012, the Quebec government signed an accord with the Cree Nation that resulted in the abolition of the neighbouring municipality of Baie-James and the creation of the new Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government, providing for the residents of neighbouring Jamésie TE and Eeyou Istchee to jointly govern the territory formerly governed by the municipality of Baie-James. [3]

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The total land area of Eeyou Istchee is 5,271 km2 (2,035 sq mi), though the Grand Council of the Crees sees Eeyou Istchee as a much larger contiguous traditional territory and homeland of 450,000 square kilometres (170,000 sq mi). [4] The total population of the area was 14,131 in 2006, according to the 2006 Canadian Census, and the largest municipality is the Cree village municipality of Chisasibi on the south bank of La Grande River near the northeast shore of James Bay.

Eeyou Istchee TE was created on November 30, 2007. [5] Its territory had previously belonged to the TE of Jamésie . While most of Eeyou Istchee is enclaved within Jamésie TE, the Cree reserved land (TC) and Cree village municipality (VC) of Whapmagoostui lie north of the 55th parallel north and are enclaved within Kativik TE.

Together with the TEs of Jamésie and Kativik, it forms the region and census division (CD) of Nord-du-Québec .

Communities

[6]

Census
Code		NameCree NameTypePopulation
2011		Population
2006		Total
dwellings		Dwellings
usual res.		Land
Area
2499055 Chisasibi ᒋᓵᓰᐲVC0000491.63
2499814 Chisasibi ᒋᓵᓰᐲTC448439721050923828.18
2499045 Eastmain ᐄᔅᒣᐃᓐVC0000316.91
2499810 Eastmain ᐄᔅᒣᐃᓐTC767650226188147.47
2499030 Mistissini ᒥᔅᑎᓯᓃVC0000514.30
2499804 Mistissini ᒥᔅᑎᓯᓃTC34272897952845865.76
2499040 Nemaska ᓀᒥᔅᑳᐤVC000051.18
2499808 Nemaska ᓀᒥᔅᑳᐤTC71264222620096.57
2499818 Oujé-Bougoumou ᐆᒉᐳᑯᒨTC7256062511832.54
2499035 Waskaganish ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥVC0000277.76
2499806 Waskaganish ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥTC22061864496467505.37
2499010 Waswanipi ᐙᔂᓂᐲVC0000211.52
2499802 Waswanipi ᐙᔂᓂᐲTC17771473513413415.64
2499050 Wemindji ᐐᒥᓂᒌVC0000171.06
2499812 Wemindji ᐐᒥᓂᒌTC13781215377333377.95
2499070 Whapmagoostui ᐙᐱᒫᑯᔥᑐᐃVC0000122.53
2499816 Whapmagoostui ᐙᐱᒫᑯᔥᑐᐃTC874812221206189.88
Eeyou Istchee totalTE1635014131431237585586.25

The TE of Eeyou Istchee is governed by the Grand Council of the Crees by the Cree Nation Government. It consists of the following municipal units:

Somewhat confusingly, the Commission de toponymie du Québec refers to the Cree reserved lands as "Cree villages" (village cri), as distinct from the "Cree village municipalities" (municipalité de village cri). [7] However, from a practical point of view this makes sense, since the population resides in these reserved lands.

Definitions

The above map indicates the Category I lands reserved for the Cree under the terms of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Though formally designated as a TE for these areas in 2007, the term "Eeyou Istchee" has long been applied by Quebec Cree to refer to themselves and all their traditional hunting lands.[ citation needed ] In Category II lands, owned by the Crown-in-right-of-Quebec, hunting, fishing and trapping rights are reserved for the Cree, while forestry, mining and tourism development authority is shared. In Category III lands, some specific hunting and harvesting rights are reserved for the Cree, but all other rights are shared subject to a joint regulatory scheme. Roughly 14,000 km2 fall into Category I, 150,000 km2 in Category II, and 908,000 km2 - almost 60 percent all land in Quebec - are in Category III.

Notes

  1. ↑ (/iːjoʊ̯ɪst͡ʃi/, [1] Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌIiyiyiu Aschii/ijɪjɪuəstʃi/, Southern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔅᒌIiyiyuu Aschii/ijɪjuəstʃi/orᐄᓅ ᐊᔅᒌIinuu Aschii/inuəstʃi/, all meaning 'The People's Land'; [2] French: [ijuistʃi] )

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References

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  2. ↑ "Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Words". Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  3. ↑ Lia Lévesque (24 July 2012). "Québec et les Cris signent une entente pour un gouvernement régional" [Quebec and the Cree sign an agreement for a regional government]. La Presse . Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  4. ↑ see "Map 1.4" Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, novembre 2007" [Modifications to the municipalities of Quebec, November 2007](PDF) (in French). Institut de la Statistique du Québec. November 2007. ISSN   1715-6408. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27.
  6. ↑ Nord-du-Québec (Census division)
  7. ↑ "Liste complète des types d'entités et leurs définitions". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-05-02.

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