Eeyou Istchee (territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)
Eeyou Istchee (Cree: ᐃᔨᔨᐤ 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. Its geographical code is 993.
It comprises numerous communities within the region known as Eeyou Istchee/Baie-James Territory. The total land area of these communities is 5,586.23 km2 (2,156.86 sq mi). There was a combined population of 14,131 persons as of the Canada 2006 Census, but its total population now exceeds 18,000 Cree. Its largest community is Chisasibi, on the south bank of La Grande River, near the northeast shore of James Bay.
As defined by the Grand Council of the Crees, however, the territory of Eeyou Istchee is a much larger contiguous traditional territory and homeland, comprising about 450,000 square kilometres (170,000 sq mi).
Eeyou Istchee TE was created on November 30, 2007. Its territory had previously belonged to the TE of Jamésie. Eeyou Istchee encompasses in particular the Cree reserved land (TC) of Whapmagoostui and the Cree village municipality (VC) of the same name. These are the only municipalities in Quebec lying north of the 55th parallel north (that is, in Nunavik) but not belonging to Kativik TE.
Together with the TEs of Jamésie and Kativik, it forms the region and census division (CD) of Nord-du-Québec.
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