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The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, 1975

The entrance to the underground Robert-Bourassa generating station, part of the James Bay hydroelectric development, in 2000.
The entrance to the underground Robert-Bourassa generating station, part of the James Bay hydroelectric development, in 2000. Bourassa power plant · Peter Van den Bossche · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement was signed on 11 November 1975 by the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee, the Inuit of Nunavik, Canada, Quebec and Hydro-Québec, after Cree and Inuit court challenges to the James Bay hydroelectric project. The Cree Nation Government describes it as the first modern Indigenous land claim agreement and treaty in Canada.

Scope & context

The agreement’s signing and significance, not its 31 chapters in detail or its later complementary agreements.

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Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation Government

James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975)