James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

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Indigenous treaty comprehensive land claims agreement land claims agreement modern treaty

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement is a landmark 1975 modern treaty between Indigenous peoples and the governments of Quebec and Canada that redefined land rights, resource development, and self-governance in northern Quebec.

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Label	Occurrences
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement canonical	7

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous treaty ⓘ comprehensive land claims agreement ⓘ land claims agreement ⓘ modern treaty ⓘ
appliesToRegion	James Bay Lowlands ⓘ surface form: James Bay region Nord-du-Québec ⓘ surface form: Northern Quebec Nunavik ⓘ
beneficiary	Cree of Quebec ⓘ Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inuit of Northern Quebec
constitutionalBasis	section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdAsResponseTo	Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ surface form: James Bay hydroelectric development project
establishedBody	Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay ⓘ Cree Nation Government ⓘ surface form: Cree Regional Authority Cree School Board ⓘ Kativik Regional Government ⓘ Kativik School Board ⓘ Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services ⓘ
influenced	subsequent modern treaties in Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction	Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutionally protected treaty ⓘ
providesFor	creation of Category I II and III lands ⓘ establishment of regional health and social service boards ⓘ establishment of regional school boards ⓘ exclusive hunting fishing and trapping rights on certain lands ⓘ financial compensation to Cree and Inuit ⓘ participation of Indigenous peoples in environmental and social impact assessment ⓘ
purpose	to define rights and obligations related to resource development ⓘ to establish structures for Indigenous self-governance ⓘ to settle Indigenous land claims in Northern Quebec ⓘ
recognizedAs	first modern comprehensive land claims agreement in Canada ⓘ
replaced	undefined Aboriginal title in Northern Quebec ⓘ
signatoryParty	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada Government of Quebec ⓘ Grand Council of the Crees ⓘ Northern Quebec Inuit Association ⓘ
signingDate	1975-11-11 ⓘ
subjectMatter	compensation ⓘ education ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ health and social services ⓘ hunting fishing and trapping rights ⓘ land rights ⓘ local government structures ⓘ resource development ⓘ self-governance ⓘ
yearSigned	1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → includes → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Grand Council of the Crees → partnerInAgreement → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Cree Nation Government → legalBasis → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Makivik Corporation → legalBasis → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Naskapi → treaty → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Kativik Regional Government → establishedBy → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ

Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory → associatedWithTreaty → James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ⓘ