Eeyou Istchee (territory)
Eeyou Istchee (Cree: ᐃᔨᔫ ᐊᔅᒌ / ᐃᓅ ᐊᔅᒌ, meaning "The People's Land") is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Quebec, 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 neighboring municipality of Baie-James and the creation of a new regional government known as Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory, which allowed the residents of neighboring Jamésie TE and Eeyou Istchee to jointly govern the territory formerly under the control of the municipality of Baie-James.
The total land area of Eeyou Istchee is 5,271 km2 (2,035 sq mi). As defined by the Grand Council of the Crees, however, the territory of Eeyou Istchee was a much larger contiguous traditional territory and homeland, comprising about 450,000 square kilometres (170,000 sq mi). There was a combined population of 14,131 persons as of the Canada 2006 Census. Its largest municipality if the Cree village municipality of Chisasibi on the south bank of La Grande River near the northeast shore of James Bay.
Eeyou Istchee TE was created on November 30, 2007. Its territory had previously belonged to the TE of Jamésie. While most of Eeyou Istchee is enclaved within Jamésie TE, the Cree reserved land (TC) and Cree village municipality (VC) of Whapmagoostui lie north of the 55th parallel north and are enclaved within Kativik TE.
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