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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 municipality of Baie-James was created in 1971 and was run by the board of directors of the Société de développement de la Baie James.It managed the territory of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement between the 49th and 55th parallel, with the exception of the Cree Category 1 lands and the enclaves of Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon and Matagami.
The Baie-James (French pronunciation: [bɛ dʒɛmz]) was a former municipality in northern Quebec, Canada, which existed from 1971 to 2012.Located to the east of James Bay, Baie-James covered 297,332.84 km 2 (114,800.85 sq mi) of land, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Canada — only eight unorganized territories were larger. [4]
James Bay (French: Baie James, [3] pronounced [bɛ dʒɛmz]; Cree: ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, romanized: Wînipekw, lit. 'dirty water') is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is politically part of Nunavut. Its largest island is Akimiski Island.
CBHSSJB is also a small press that publishes Indigenous-focused health materials, such as diabetes pamphlets [6] [7] and Indigenous health-focussed books: two of many examples are The Sweet Bloods of the Eeyou Istchee: Stories of Diabetes and the James Bay Cree, [8] The gift of healing : health problems and their treatments (out of print). [9]
Val-Paradis is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Baie-James in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics
Sylvie Bérubé is a Canadian politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou since 2019. [2] A member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ), her riding encompasses more than half of Quebec, covering over one hundred ninety million acres (770,000 km 2) in the northwest of the province.
Further administration changes came under the terms of the Agreement on Governance in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory of July 24, 2012, when the local municipality of Baie-James within Jamésie ceased to exist, and was replaced by the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, which is specialized local municipality governed and ...