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MS 1455
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement Records
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Date range: 1972-1979
Extent: 0.45 metres (3 boxes) + map in Manuscript
Plan Cabinet
This collection consists of papers relating to the 1975
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.
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BACKGROUND NOTE
The 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA)
and the 1978 Northeastern Quebec Agreement (NEQA) were
Canada's first modern land claim settlements, fulfilling a commitment to
deal with land issues dating back to the late 1800s.
The governments of Canada and Quebec, the Cree and Inuit
of Northern Quebec and Hydro-Québec concluded an agreement-in-principle by
1974. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) was
subsequently signed on November 11, 1975. This was followed by the 1978
Northeastern Quebec Agreement (NEQA), negotiated by the Naskapi Indian
Band, and amending the JBNQA.
Reference
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info14_e.html
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SERIES LIST
Series A
Preliminary to the agreement
Series B
Supporting material and basis of claim
Series C
Agreement
Series D
Material arising from the negotiations
Series E
Legislation to give effect to the agreement
Series F
Arising out of agreement
Series G
Miscellaneous
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series A Preliminary to the
agreement
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1 |
Chief Robert Kanatewat and others, plaintiffs vs the
Attorney General of the Province of Quebec and Quebec Hydro Electric
Commission, defendants, Superior Court, District of Montreal, Province
of Quebec - declaration and writ of summons, 2 May 1972. [11] leaves.
Photocopy |
2a-b |
Chief Robert Kanatewat et al, petitioners vs the
James Bay Development Corporation et al, respondents and the Attorney
General of Canada, mis-en-cause - judgement. [171] 1eaves. Photocopies |
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Series B Supporting material and
basis of claim
Martin S. Weinstein, What the land provides: an
examination of the Fort George subsistence economy and the possible
consequences on it of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project. Montreal,
Grand Council of the Crees, 1976.
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Series C Agreement
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1 |
Agreement in principle between the Grand Council of
the Crees (of Quebec) and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association, and the
Government of Quebec, the James Bay Energy Corporation, the Quebec
Hydro-Electric Commission (Hydro-Quebec) and the Government of Canada.
. [Montreal] 1974. [106] 1eaves. In English and French |
2 |
Revised summary of final agreement (revised), 11
November 1975, [77] 1eaves. Photocopy |
3 |
Summaries and statements on final agreement with the
Cree and Inuit issued by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs,
Ottawa. |
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3.1 Map of Quebec. Photocopy |
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3.2 ‘The Federal government's policy on native
peoples' claims’, 1973. [8] 1eaves. Photocopy |
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3.3 ‘Federal policy regarding native claims’,
1974. [3] 1. Photocopy |
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3.4 ‘Role of the Federal government in the James
Bay Develop Project’ and ‘Chronology of events leading to the James Bay
Agreement’. [5] 1eaves. Photocopy |
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3.5 ‘Draft agreement…’, presentation by John
Ciaccia, 5 November 1975. [19] 1eaves. Photocopy |
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3.6 ‘Summary of final agreement’. [25] 1eaves.
Photocopy |
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3.7 Statement by the Minister of Indian and
Northern Affairs on the occasion of the signing of the James Bay
Agreement 11 November 1975. [9] 1eaves. Photocopy |
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3.8 Signatories of the Agreement. [1] 1eaves.
Photocopy |
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3.9 Press releases on the
Environmental, Financial, Harvesting, Land, Legislation, Regional
government issues and the James Bay Agreement, 1975. Photocopies |
4 |
Diamond, Billy, Grand Chief. Highlights of the
negotiations leading to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement,
1975. [52] 1eaves. |
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Series D Material arising from
the negotiations
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Feit, Harvey A. ‘The future of hunters within nation
states: anthropology and the James Bay Cree’. [50]1eaves. For Politics and
history in band societies, edited by Eleanor B. Leacock and Richard
B. Lee |
2 |
Feit, Harvey A. ‘Political articulations of hunters:
means of resisting threats to subsistence production in the James Bay
and Northern Quebec Agreement’. [26] ‘In press: Etudes/Inuit/Studies’ |
3 |
‘The James Bay and Northern Quebec Harvesting
Research Project: the basis for establishing guaranteed levels of
harvesting by the native peoples of northern Quebec’, Montreal, Nitao
Ltd, 1980. [17] 1eaves. |
4 |
‘The James Bay Hydro-Electric Project and the James
Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement: a bibliography [of major items]’,
revised, 1977. [24] 1eaves |
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Series E Legislation to give
effect to the agreement
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1a-c |
Canada. House of Commons. Standing Committee on
Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Minutes … respecting: Bill
C-9, James Bay and Northern Quebec Native Claims Settlement Act,
25-27 January 1977. Ottawa, 1977, 3 parts (Issues 6-8). Photocopy |
2 |
Mistassini Band Council. ‘Presentation to the
Standing Committee on Indian Affairs respecting Bill C-9’, 27 January
1977 [12] 1eaves. Photocopy |
3a-b |
‘Role and mandate of the Grand Council of the Crees
(of Quebec)’, 2 parts. Photocopy |
4 |
‘Objects of the Cree Regional Authority’. [2] 1eaves.
Photocopy |
5a-b |
‘Bills respecting the James Bay and Northern Quebec
Agreement’, [Ottawa, 1977-8]. 2 volumes. Photocopy |
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Series F Arising out of agreement
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1 |
James Bay and Northern Quebec Native Harvesting
Research Committee. Research to establish present levels of
harvesting by native peoples of northern Quebec. 1: A report on the
harvests by the James Bay Cree, report submitted to the Hunting,
Fishing and Trapping Coordinating Committee. [Montreal, 1976]. xxviii,
376 p. |
2 |
Research to establish present levels of native
harvesting: harvests by the Inuit of northern Quebec, phase II (Yr
1976). [Montreal, 1976]. xv, 108 p. |
3 |
Harvests by the James Bay Cree - 1976-77: third
progress report (phase II, year 2): research to establish present levels
of harvesting by native peoples of Northern Quebec: report by the
Native Harvesting Research Committee, submitted to the Coordinating
Committee on Hunting, Fishing and Trapping. [Montreal, 1979]. xx, 419 p |
4 |
Income and Security Program
4.1 ‘Income Security Program for Cree Hunters,
Fishermen and Trappers: an initial field report on impacts and reactions
in four James Bay coastal settlements’, prepared for The Grand Council
of the Cree (of Que.) by Colin Scott. [Montreal] 1977. [40] 1eaves.
Photocopy |
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4.2 ‘Preliminary evaluation report on the Income
and Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers’. Annotated ‘Prepared
by Quebec Gov’t March/April 1977’. [18] 1eaves. Photocopy |
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4.3 Scott, Colin H. and H.A. Feit. ‘Income
security for Cree hunters: initial socio-economic impacts and long term
considerations’. Montreal, McGill University, Program in the
Anthropology of Development, 1978. [155] 1eaves. |
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4.4 Coordinating Committee on Hunting, Fishing
and Trapping. Minutes of the meetings (1978). [Montreal, 1979].
In English and French. [340] p. |
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4.5 LaRusic, Ignatius E. A study of the
design, operation, and initial impacts of the guaranteed annual income
program established under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.
Montreal, McGill University, Program in the Anthropology of Development,
1979. ivii, 141 p. bibliography, diagrams, table. |
5 |
‘Cree Villages Act: consolidation, July 1979’.
[Montreal], Hutchins, Caron, Trudel, 1979]. [761] 1eaves |
6 |
‘Manual for the Cree landholding corporations’.
[Montreal], Hutchins, Caron, Trudel, 1979 |
7 |
‘Manual for the Cree village corporations’.
[Montreal, Hutchins, Caron, Trudel, 1979]. [68] 1eaves, map. |
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Series G Miscellaneous
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1 |
Feit, Harvey A. ‘The ethno-ecology of the Waswanipi
Cree: or how hunters can manage their resources’, Cox, B., ed.
Cultural ecology. Toronto. McClelland & Stewart, 1973, pages
115-125. Photocopy |
2 |
Quebec. Ministere des Terres et Forets - Service de
la Cartographie. Repartititon des terres selon la Convention de la
Baie-James et du Nord quebecois et la Convention du Nord-est quebecois;
edition provisoire. [Montreal], 1979, col. map 85 x 69.5 cm. 44/62 x
85/52. Scale 1:2,500,000. |
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BOX LIST
Box |
Series |
Folders |
1 |
A |
1-2b |
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B |
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C |
1-4 |
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D |
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E |
1-4 |
2 |
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5a-5b |
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F |
1-4 |
3 |
F |
5-7 |
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G |
1 |
Manuscript Plan Cabinet |
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2 |
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Finding aid updated by Janet Phillips February 2000;
updated by J. Churches, March 2005
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