Flooding Job's Garden

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 gave the region's Cree hunting and fishing rights; control over health, education and local government; and financial compensation for rel... Read allThe James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 gave the region's Cree hunting and fishing rights; control over health, education and local government; and financial compensation for relocation and development. The deal was hailed by governments as a model for land claims and... Read allThe James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 gave the region's Cree hunting and fishing rights; control over health, education and local government; and financial compensation for relocation and development. The deal was hailed by governments as a model for land claims and self-government settlements to come. Fifteen years later, the Quebec government's dream o... Read all