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The Québec Government and the Cree Nation sign a Grand Alliance
Québec Premier François Legault and Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and Chairman of the Cree Nation Government, Dr. Abel Bosum, officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding on collaborative, long-term, balanced economic development in a spirit of respect for Cree values in the Eeyou Istchee James
Cree Nation identifies 30 per cent of its territory in conservation wish list
The Cree Nation has identified more than 80,000 square kilometres of its territory it would like to see protected from development, under the Plan Nord. (Eeyou Conservation) After several years of work and consultation, the Cree Nation Government has identified 30 per cent of its territory it wants to
Quebec Cree hold protest, ramping up pressure to protect untouched forest
Cree from the James Bay community of Waswanipi are vowing to keep up pressure on the Quebec government to protect a vital piece of virgin forest near their community. On Monday, Waswanipi tallymen — or Cree land stewards — set up a blockade and held a demonstration at kilometre 105 of
Cree and Quebec sign agreement to resolve dispute over forestry practices
The Quebec government and James Bay Cree representatives have signed a partnership and co-operation agreement aimed at resolving a forestry dispute about territory that stretches from Lac St. Jean to James Bay. The agreement between the Quebec government and the Grand Council of the Crees was signed in the National Assembly on Monday by Premier Philippe
CBC North – Maamuitaau broadcast – Saving the Broadback river.
CBC North – Maamuitaau airs episode of Cree Youth Canoe brigade to protect the broadback river. To increase public exposure of the Broadback Watershed Conservation Plan both for the Cree and general public, the CNG and the five (5) communities involved conceived of a highly visible youth canoe brigade down
Crees Share Vision of Land Stewardship and Conservation at World Parks Congress in Sydney Australia
(Sydney, Australia, November 14, 2014) Rodney Mark, Deputy Grand Chief for the Cree Nation presented his Government’s vision for land stewardship and conservation in Eeyou Istchee (Crees’ traditional territory in northern Québec) to a worldwide audience at the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) World Parks Congress.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) welcomes the Cree Nation Government as a new member of the Union
NEMASKA, EEYOU ISTCHEE, QC, Sept. 3, 2014 /CNW/ – On May 28th 2014, the Cree Nation Government received a letter from the IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre announcing its admission to the Union.
Cree youth canoe expedition to protect the broadback river
Five communities (Waswanipi, Nemaska, Ouje-Bougoumou, Waskaganish and Mistissini) with traplines within the Broadback watershed have been promoting its need for conservation and protection due to the area’s rich cultural history, it’s rich biodiversity including critical habitat for declining woodland caribou and because it contains some of large remaining old growth
Crees Launch Campaign to Protect the Broadback River
On April 10, 2013, representatives of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)/Cree Regional Authority (GCCEI/CRA) released the Broadback Watershed Conservation Plan and called upon the Marois Government to support their bold initiative. Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come said: “Forty years ago the Government of Quebec put the Broadback