Finding Aid
Harvey Feit James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement Collection. – 1st accrual. – 1951-2002, predominant 1972-1987. – 10.5 m of textual records and 11 maps.
Series 1
Pre-JBNQA Activism and Court Cases. – 1969-1984, predominant 1969-1973. – 1.37 m of textual records.
The series consists of records gathered or created by Feit prior to the period in which the JBNQA was actively negotiated.
In 1972, Eeyou (Cree) and Inuit peoples in Northern Québec sought an injunction to block the James Bay hydroelectric project which had been initiated by the Québec government in 1971 in direct contravention of Eeyou and Inuit peoples’ occupation of and rights to the territory proposed for development. Until 1974, the Indians of Québec Association’s (IQA’s) James Bay Task Force and other experts, lawyers, journalists, film makers, and social and environmental activists assisted Eeyou and Inuit peoples in pursuing legal challenges to the project and negotiating a treaty with the federal and provincial government. Feit, a social scientist, supported Eeyou people and leaders, particularly in the initial court case against the James Bay project (Chief Robert Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC, JBEC et al. in Québec Superior Court, 1973). Feit’s activities included advising on social science witnesses and testimonies for the case, preparing commentaries and critiques of government data, writing various reports on James Bay Eeyou people’s land and wildlife use, and critiquing hydroelectric and forestry development plans and impact assessments. In 1973, Feit served as expert witness in the abovementioned case, testifying twice about Eeyou peoples’ land use, particularly hunting.
Records in the series are arranged in their received order. Documentary forms include academic papers and James Bay Development Corporation publications collected by Feit; reports and correspondence from the IQA Task Force; minutes of meetings with Environment Canada, the IQA, Cree leaders and consultants, and the Northern Québec Inuit Association (NQIA); and transcripts of witness testimonies in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC, JBEC et al. (Québec Superior Court, 1973).
Box 1
F.1 [Text of academic paper “Education and Identity Conflict among Cree Indians” by Wintrob and Sindell]. – 1969.
F.2 [Text of academic paper “Commitment and Alienation: The Impact of Cultural Change on Mistissini Cree Youth” by Wintrob and Diamen]. – 1973.
F.3 [Text of academic paper “Cross Cultural Education in the North and Its Implications for Personal Identity: The Canadian Case” by Sindell and Wintrob]. – 1969.
F.4 [Text of academic paper “Culture Change and Community Development: Implications for the People” by Wintrob]. – 1973.
F.5 Environmental Impact Assessment [academic and government papers on Canadian processes : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974-1980.
F.6 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.7 EIS [Environmental Impact Study]—General [academic papers and grey literature : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974-1981.
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Impacts of Northern Development [academic papers and newsletters : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975-1981.
F.10 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.11 Social Impact Assessment [resources on this process, including papers on research project with Hesquiaht First Nation : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1970-1975.
F.12 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.13 Social Impact Papers—General [social impact assessment research : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975-1976.
F.14 [fldr 2 of 2].
Box 2
F.1 Social Impact Assessment Papers. – 1980.
F.2 Social + Environmental Impacts [academic papers]. – 1974-1975.
F.3 Employment + population projections for LG-2: JBDC [internal report]. – 1972.
F.4 The James Bay Development Project: Initial Phase—JBDC [internal report]. – 1972.
F.5 Environmental Studies (1973)—James Bay Territory and Surrounding Area [JBDC].
F.6 Environmental Studies: James Bay Territory and Surrounding Area—Fiscal year of 1975-1976 [JBDC].
F.7 Second Report on James Bay Environmental Studies: Status of Projects as of December 1972 [authored by Environment Canada Lands Directorate].
F.8 JBDC Annual Report, 1973 [English].
F.9 JBDC Annual Report, 1975 [French].
F.10 The Administrative Structure of James Bay Energy Corporation [remarks by Robert A. Boyd, President of JBEC at a press conference]. – 1972.
F.11 JBEC—Statistics [unpublished statistics about powerhouses, river basins, reservoirs]. – 1972.
F.12 JBEC—Development of La Grande Complex. – ca. 1972.
F.13 [JBDC annual activity report : French]. —1976.
F.14 [Text of report “Les Impacts Sociaux du Projet D’Amenagement de la Baie James” by Pierre Dumas : French]. – 1975.
F.15 Comment Transporter les Millions des Kilowatts de la Baie James? – Lepine/Hydro Québec [copy of newspaper article]. – n.d.
F.16 JBEC—La Grande Complex Pamphlets. – ca. 1972-1973.
F.17 Hydro-Presse [newsletter from Hydro Québec]. —1981.
F.18 Dossier Environment [Issue of JBEC employee newspaper En Grande—November 1975].
F.19 En Grande—1974 [March and July issues].
F.20 En Grande—1977 [Vol IV. Nos. 8, 14, 16-22].
F.21 En Grande—1978 [Vol. V. Nos. 1, 3-10].
Box 3
F.1 En Grande—1978 (Vol. V. Nos. 11-13, 15-20, 22).
F.2 En Grande—1979 (Vol. VI. Nos. 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, and special issue).
F.3 En Grande—1979 (Vol. VI. Nos. 14, 17, 21, 22).
F.4 En Grande—1980 (Vol. VII. Nos. 1-9).
F.5 En Grande—1980 (Vol. VII. Nos. 9-11).
F.6 En Grande—1980 (Vol. VII. Nos. 12-19 and special issue).
F.7 En Grande—1980 (Vol. VII. Nos. 20-22).
F.8 En Grande—1981 (Vol. VIII. Nos. 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 14 and special issue).
F.9 En Grande—1982 (Vol. IX, No. 1).
F.10 IQA [Indians of Québec Association) Pre-1972 Documents [Briefs on hunting and land rights]. – 1967, 1969.
F.11 James Bay Committee Position Paper [copies in English and French]. – 1972.
F.12 James Bay Fact Sheet [by Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples]. – n.d.
F.13 Ecological Considerations of the James Bay Project [report prepared by Spence and Spence for the James Bay Committee]. – 1972.
F.14 James Bay Committee Writings. – 1974.
F.15 The James Bay Project and Its Employment Effects [report by James Bay Committee]. – n.d.
F.16 Consequences of Existing Impoundment Projects as Relevant to the Proposed James Bay Hydroelectric Development Scheme [report prepared by Spence for the James Bay Committee]. – 1972.
F.17 Cree vs. Hydro Media Coverage [news and magazine clippings and newsletters]. – ca. 1973.
F.18 Environmental Health at Fort George [Chisasibi] [report prepared for the Band Council of Fort George, James Bay by Dr. Fikret Berkes]. – 1974.
Box 4
Note: Maps #1-8 were originally located in various files in box 4. See Maps series for further information.
F.1 Reports on Vegetation and Related Fauna of the Fort George and Upper Kaniapiskau Rivers—Prepared for the James Bay Task Force of the Indians of Québec Association and the Northern Québec Inuit Association [fldr 1 of 2]. – 1972.
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 [Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples bulletins—Vol. 14.1 (James Bay theme) and Vol. 15.2]. – 1973, 1974.
F.4 A Brief Guide to the James Bay Controversy [report by the Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples]. – 1973.
F.5 James Bay: The First Assault on Bourassa’s Bunker [copy of article by Last Post Staff]. – n.d.
F.6 [“A Synthesis of the Alaska Haul Road Issue Associated with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline”—report prepared for Indians of Québec Association by the Arctic Company]. – 1972.
F.7 Gov’t Canada Positions—1972-1974 [Cabinet memos, reports, letter extracts].
F.8 [“An Analysis of Federal Interests Affected by the Proposed James Bay Hydro Development”—Report written by Michael Bird for Environment Canada]. – 1972.
F.9 Academic/Scientific Protesters [fldr 1 of 2 : Report by Eric Gourdeau for Canadian Science Council entitled “Le Processus Décisionnel dans la Conception et la Réalisation du Développement Nordique au Canada: Un Cas d’Espèce: La Baie de James”]. – 1974.
F.10 Academic/Scientific Protesters [fldr 2 of 2 : Bibliography by National Indian Brotherhood on James Bay Project]. – 1973.
F.11 Responses—Social Sciences [Excerpts from report by Donald Stewart entitled “Urbanization in the James Bay Region: The Impact of Establishing Construction Camps and the Permanent Town of Radisson on Fort George and Its Cree and Inuit Population”]. – n.d.
F.12 The James Bay Power Proposal [copy of article by Valanne Glooschenko]. – ca. 1972-1974.
F.13 Twilight of the Cree [copy of article published in Natural History magazine by Harvey Feit]. – 1973.
F.14 The Future of James Bay: Who Will It Serve? [copy of article by Norman Chance]. – 1973.
F.15 [Excerpts from Boyce Richardson’s book James Bay: The Plot to Drown the Northern Woods]. – 1972.
F.16 [Excerpts from Philip Sykes’ book Sellout: The Giveaway of Canada’s Energy Resources]. – 1973.
F.17 [Copy of article by Walter Taylor entitled “The Defense of James Bay: An Emergency for All Native People and Other Residents of North America”]. – 1973.
F.18 [Copy of article by Michael Sinclair entitled “James Bay: Further Comment”]. – 1972.
F.19 John Hurley—1973 Fieldwork [Copies of reports from anthropologist on effects of James Bay project]. – 1973.
F.20 List of Exhibits—O’Reilly’s Files [court case not identified]. – n.d.
F.21 A Summary of Information on James Bay for the Indian and Inuit People—Prepared by James Bay Task Force of the Indians of Québec Association and Northern Québec Inuit Association [annotated typescript of report; clean copy of report]. – 1973.
F.22 Effects of the James Bay Development Scheme on Flow and Channel Characteristics of Rivers in the Area—Prepared for the James Bay Task Force of the Indians of Québec Association and the Northern Québec Inuit Association [copy of report by Taylor, Young, Grey, and Penn]. – 1972.
F.23 Bibliography Pertaining to Environmental Aspects of the James Bay Hydroelectric Development—James Bay Task Force of the Indians of Québec Association and Northern Québec Inuit Association [copy]. – 1973.
F.24 [Copy of report by James Bay Task Force entitled “The James Bay Power Project: A Protest”]. – ca. 1972.
F.25 IQA James Bay Task Force, 1972-1974—Documents Relating to Research [proposal for environmental impact studies and interim Task Force reports].
Box 5
F.1 Culture Change [copies of various academic articles on general topic]. – ca. 1972-1974.
F.2 “Bulletin”—CRA Board of Compensation [Assorted issues from 1983-1984].
F.3 SOTRAC [annual activity reports and bulletins, 1976-1982].
F.4 [Issue 5.2 of Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor—publication by the Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks]. – 1997.
F.5 [Issue 14.1-2 of Proactive (Journal of Society of Applied Anthropology in Canada)]. – 1995.
F.6 [Copy of article by Spence and Hynes entitled “Differences in Benthos Upstream and Downstream of an Impoundment”]. – 1971.
F.7 [Copy of paper by Alan Penn and Harvey Feit entitled “The Northward Diversion of the Eastmain and Opinaca River as Proposed: An Assessment of Impacts on the Native Community at Eastmain Village”]. – 1974.
F.8 [Subsistence Policy in Alaska—Materials from Taylor Brelsford for Harvey Feit (copies of various academic articles)]. – n.d.
F.9 [Photocopies from books one and two of Bibliography of Algonquian (printed by Cree Way Project)]. – n.d.
F.10 Deer, A. Brian—1974—Bibliography of the Cree, Montagnais & Naskapi, 1 Ethnographic—Bibliography on the History of the James Bay People Relating to the Cree People [Publications of the Cree Way Project].
F.11 Bibliography—James Bay Development Corporation. – ca. 1972-1974.
F.12 [National Indian Brotherhood publication “Aboriginal People of Canada and Their Environment” (revised edition)]. –1973.
F.13 [Text of academic paper “Patrons, Leaders and Values in an Eskimo Settlement” by Milton M.R. Freeman, delivered at Symposium on the Contemporary Cultural Situation of the Northern Forest Indians of North America and the Eskimo of North American and Greenland]. – 1968.
F.14 [Excerpt from academic paper “Ecological Factors in the Changing Economy of Rupert House Cree” by R. Knight]. – 1968.
F.15 [Copy of academic paper “A Re-Examination of Hunting, Trapping and Territoriality among the North-Eastern Algonkian Indians” by R. Knight]. – 1965.
F.15 [“The Administration of Justice beyond the 50th Parallel”—report of the Study Committee on the Administration of Justice in Northern Québec (Québec Department of Justice publication)]. – 1972.
F.16 James Bay Task Force Inter-Governmental, 1971—Projet d’Etudes Ecologiques de la Baie James—Rapport de la Pré-Étudè—Premiere Version [copy of environmental report and related documents on James Bay Project prepared by team of scientists representing Canadian and Québec governments (team lead: André Marsan) (French and English) : fldr 1 of 2].
F.17 [fldr 2 of 2].
Box 6
F.1 James Bay Task Force Inter-Governmental, 1971—Documentation [copies of records used by team of scientists representing Canadian and Québec governments to create initial environmental report about James Bay Project (team lead: André Marsan) (French and English) : [fldr 1 of 4].
F.2 [fldr 2 of 4].
F.3 [fldr 3 of 4].
F.4 [fldr 4 of 4].
F.5 [Minutes of meeting between Environment Canada and the Indians of Québec Association (IQA) and Northern Québec Inuit Association (NQIA)—April 18, 1974].
F.6 Summaries [Excerpts of transcripts from witness testimonies/examinations/cross-examinations in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC, JBEC, and Attorney General of Canada (Québec Superior Court)]. – 1973.
Witnesses:
Richardson, Boyce. – February 13, 1973.
Kanatewat, Robert. – March 6, 1973.
Sam, Josie. – January 28, 1973.
Tapiatak, Steven. – December 18, 1973.
Sanders, Douglas E. – March 7, 1973.
Bertrand, Paul. – April 12, 1973.
Bertrand, Paul. – April 16, 1973.
Berry, John W. – January 24, 1973.
Larusic, Ignatius Edwin. – March 7, 1973.
F.7 [Transcript of Adrian Tanner’s examination by James O’Reilly on behalf of Cree and Inuit communities in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)]. – 1973.
F.8 [Transcript of Paul Bertrand’s examination by Jacques LeBel on behalf of Société de Développement de la Baie James (JBDC) in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)]. – 1973.
F.9 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of Jacob Gull, Matthew Neeposh, and Francois Mianiscum in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)]. – 1972.
F.10 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations of Chief Billy Diamond, George Hill, and Greg Gravelle in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)—December 12, 1972].
F.11 [Transcript of examination of Chief Billy Diamond by James O’Reilly in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)—December 11, 1972].
Box 7
F.1 [Transcript of examinations of George Koneak, John Watt, Ted Moses, and Chief Mathew Shanush and re-examination of Chief Billy Diamond in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)–December 13, 1972].
F.2 [Transcript of examinations/re-examinations of Chief Mathew Shanush, Chief Billy Diamond, George Koneak, and John Watt in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court)– December 14, 1972].
F.3 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of Steven Tapiatak, Sally Matthew, and Sydney Loon in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – December 20, 1972].
F.4 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of Maxwell John Dunbar, Samuel Blueboy, and Clifford Shashaweskum in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – January 19, 1973].
F.5 [Transcript of testimony of Maxwell John Dunbar in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – n.d.].
F.6 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of William Gull, Timothy Fleming, Thomasie Kudluk, and Steven Tapiatak (Québec Superior Court) —December 13, 1972].
F.7 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of Billy Ottereyes, Antoine Rolland Habel, and Allan Kitchen in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – December 21, 1972].
F.8 [Transcript of examinations/cross-examinations/re-examinations of Alan Penn and John Widdup Berry in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – January 24, 1973].
F.9 [Transcript of examination of Edward S. Rogers in Kanatewat e al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – n.d.].
F.10 [Transcript of testimony of Marcel Beaudet, possibly in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) – March 15, no year].
F.11 Negotiating Documents II—Jan.-Mar. 1974 [Memos from Philip Awashish to various committees and the IQA; handwritten notes from committee meetings; reports and meeting minutes from various Cree regional chiefs, band councils, and negotiators : fldr 1 of 2].
F.12 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.13 [Copy of master’s thesis by Peter W. Hutchins entitled “The Legal Status of the Inuit”]. – 1971.
F.14 Dev. & James Bay—First Drafts [likely a draft of report “Development and James Bay: Social Implications of the Proposals for Hydroelectric Scheme” by R.F. Salisbury, Farida Rawji, Fernand G. Filion, and Don Stewart]. – ca. 1971-1980.
Box 8
F.1 [Copy of draft report by R.F. Salisbury entitled “The Fort George People”]. – ca. 1972.
F.2 Dev. & James Bay—2nd Draft (1st Complete?) [likely a draft of report “Development and James Bay: Social Implications of the Proposals for Hydroelectric Scheme” by R.F. Salisbury, Farida Rawji, Fernand G. Filion, and Don Stewart : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1971-1980.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 [United Nations Report “Organization and Administration of Social Welfare Programmes—A Series of Country Studies—Canada”]. – 1967.
F.5 Northern Research Training Programme [correspondence and funding applications from the Centre for Northern Studies and Research in McGill University’s Department of Anthropology]. – 1976-1978.
F.6 Programme in the Anthropology of Development: Reports [McGill University Department of Anthropology memo, project proposal to Band Council of Waswanipi, and annual research report]. – 1977-1980.
F.7 Human Resources Survey Study [originates from McGill University Programme in the Anthropology of Development; file contains proposal and approval from Board of Directors of the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec)]. – 1978.
F.8 [James Bay Debates: A Bibliography—prepared by Harvey A. Feit]. – 1974.
F.9 JBA—Social Development and Regional Autonomy [notes, funding applications and project proposals from Harvey Feit and R.F. Salisbury, McGill University Department of Anthropology]. – ca. 1980-1982.
F.10 Communications Studies [correspondence regarding Programme in the Anthropology of Development (McGill University)]. – 1978.
F.11 Indian Affairs, 1971—Statistical Survey of [Indigenous] Bands and Reserves, 1968-1970 [prepared by Departmental Statistics Division of Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]. – 1971.
F.12 Summaries of Research Carried Out in 1972 and 1973 by the James Bay Task Force of the IQA and NQIA—Compiled by J.A. Spence—Montréal, April 1974 [report].
F.13 JB Task Force [IQA]—Reports. – 1972-1973.
F.14 PAD [Programme in the Anthropology of Development] Work [report proposal]. – 1971.
F.15 Baie James, Statistiques de Trappage du Castor, par Terrain [Beaver trapping statistics] 1972-1973, 1973-1974 [from Division des Fourrures, Réserve à Castor du Québec].
F.16 The James Bay Agreement: Social Development and Regional Autonomy [grant application for Programme in the Anthropology of Development project (McGill University), 1978-1979]. ca. 1978.
F.17 Support Team—1974—Work-Burial-Caches Etc.—Communications and Field Workers (1974) [correspondence from and to various committees regarding burial sites in James Bay area]. [EMBARGOED]
F.18 Trapline Tally—Men & Sizes [Tableaux accompagnant le document: Inventaire des reserves de castors Baie James]. – 1973.
F.19 Genealogical Data [from “Indian Register” for Philip Awashish, Robert Kanatewat, Bertie Wapachee, John David Mark, David Sandy, Lawrence Jimmiken, Robbie Masty, Billy Diamond, Josie Atkinson, Matthew Shanush, Malcolm Diamond and others]. – ca. 1970-1974. [EMBARGOED]
F.20 [Excerpt from a summary of witness testimony in unidentified court case relating to James Bay]. – n.d.
F.21 List of exhibits in James Bay Case [in English and French; court case not identified]. – n.d.
F.22 [Copy of appeal volume 1 in English—JBDC vs. Chief Robert Kanatewat et al. (Québec Court of Appeal, case nos. 09-00890-73, 09-00905-73, 09-00896-73, and 09-00906-73)]. – 1973.
Box 9
F.1 [Copy of appeal volume 2 in English—JBDC vs. Chief Robert Kanatewat et al. (Québec Court of Appeal, case nos. 09-00890-73, 09-00905-73, 09-00896-73, and 09-00906-73)]. – 1973.
F.2 Judgement—Court of Appeal—1974—James Bay Development Corporation and Québec Hydro-Electric Company vs. Chief Robert Kanatewat [et al.] [copy of judgement in English].
F.3 English editions and translations of [Québec] Court of Appeals judgement—James Bay Case and Me. Lebel’s notes on the case and summary of Malouf and Turgeon JQA [some documents also in French]. – 1973.
F.4 Factum des Appelantes—Tome 1 [Factum of appellants in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) (in French) : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1973.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2]. – 1973.
F.6 Factum des Appelantes—Tome 2 [Factum of appellants in Kanatewat et al. vs. JBDC et al. (Québec Superior Court) (in French) : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1973.
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2]. – 1973.
F.8 Post-Agreement Court Action [Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec) et al. vs. Le Procureur General du Québec et al. – Translation (in English) of the judgement of Mr. Justice Jean-Claude Nolin on the Motion to Amend the Petition for an Interlocutory Injunction]. – 1981.
F.9 Eastmain Court Case [Copies (in English and French) of Court of Appeal judgement in Eastmain Band et al. vs. Hydro-Québec et al.; copy of memorandum of argument in Application for Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada]. – ca. 1993.
F.10 Court actions following James Bay & Northern Québec Agreement—1) Native Rights of First Refusal for Outfitting; 2) Educational Structures for Dissident Inuit [English translation of judgement in Naskapis of Schefferville Band et al. vs. Le Procureur Général du Québec et al. (Québec Superior Court)]. – 1981.
Series 2
JBNQA Creation and Negotiation. – 1965-1986, predominant 1974-1976. – 2.13 m of textual records.
The series comprises records related to the negotiation and creation of the JBNQA. In April 1974, the IQA ceased to represent Eeyou peoples in treaty negotiations with federal and provincial governments. By August of this year, Eeyou peoples had formed the Grand Council of the Crees of Québec (GCCQ), which was to take up the mandate formerly held by the IQA. From 1974-1982, and thus during the period in which the JBNQA was negotiated and signed (late 1973 to 1975), Feit assisted the GCCQ and related Eeyou bodies on a number of aspects of the JBNQA and related projects.
Feit’s specific focus during the period of negotiation was on the following areas of the JBNQA: hunting, fishing, and trapping (section 24); the income security program for Eeyou hunters and trappers (section 30); economic and social development provisions for Eeyou peoples (section 28); environmental and future development provisions (section 22); and technical aspects, specifically hydroelectric project modification provisions (section 8). Feit contributed to other areas as well, including eligibility provisions (section 3), lands regime and selections (sections 4 and 5), and measures to assess the health of Eeyou peoples who consumed fish and game with high levels of methylmercury.
Records in the series are arranged in their received order. Many were authored by the GCCQ and its negotiators and advisors working on the joint JBNQA Negotiating Committee and its sub-committees. Documentary forms include GCCQ meeting minutes, correspondence, transcripts of meetings, reports, and project outlines; copies of legislation (Québec and Canada); annotated drafts of the JBNQA; and copies of the finalized text of the JBNQA as of 1975.
Box 9 [cont.]
F.11 Cree-Québec Negotiating Documents I—1972-1973-Early 1974 [IQA Negotiating Committee meeting minutes, proposal outlines, memos; report from Chief Billy Diamond; correspondence from O’Reilly et al. to IQA; photocopies of relevant newspaper articles : fldr 1 of 2].
Box 10
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 [Freeze-up 73 issue of journal SKOLOHEJEHSO (prepared by Waskaganish School, Waskaganish, James Bay]. – 1974.
F.3 Cree Initial Responses [report from Chief Andrew T. Delisle, President of the IQA; brief on recent developments in James Bay from IQA’s James Bay Task Force]. – ca. 1971-1974.
F.4 Awashish, Philip—1970—Labour Force Survey, Mistissini Reserve; Garneau, Jules—1971—Enquete sur la Main d’Ouvre—Reserve Mistissini.
F.5 AA-20—James Bay re: Trapping Statistics [statistics for Abitibi Beaver Reserve (Amos Band), Rupert Beaver Reserve (Nemaska and Rupert’s Bands), and Nottaway Beaver Reserve (Rupert’s and Nemaska Bands)]. – ca. 1968-1970.
F.6 IQA Meeting Minutes [Minutes of the General Assembly of the Indians of Québec Association, August 21-23, 1973].
F.7 IQA—4th Report on JB Project. – 1974.
F.8 IQA—2nd Report on JB Project [and correspondence, including letters from O’Reilly, Allain, and Hudon and James Bay Task Force] – 1972.
F.9 IQA—3rd Report on JB Project [2 copies]. – 1973.
F.10 IQA Statements [NQIA and IQA joint statements and press releases]. – 1974.
F.11 Crees + IQA + Inuit “Opposition to the JB Hydro Project” [project summary released by Crees of Québec, IQA, and NQIA]. – 1973.
F.12 Negotiations—Meetings, 1972—Bourassa [Transcript of meeting between Premier Bourassa (Québec) and representatives of Inuit and Cree communities at Québec Parliament Buildings, October 25, 1972; transcript of IQA meeting in October 1972; excerpt from article entitled “It’s Their Land”].
F.13 Cree-Inuit-JBDC, 1972—Minutes of Negotiating Session, October 1972 [Transcript of negotiation meeting held at 955 de Maisonneuve E., October 19, 1972 between R. Grinnell (JBDC) and J.A. Spence (James Bay Task Force of the IQA), as well as Chief Peter Gull, Zebedee Nungak, and P. Bertrand].
F.14 Cree-Québec 1973-1974—Proposals for an Agreement; Negotiating Documents III [Memos to negotiating committees and sub-committees; draft of “Our Land, Our Demand No. 2 for Crees”; summary of principles relating to possible AIP; copies of various schedules from drafts of the JBNQA].
F.15 Possible Proposals and Modifications [copy of revised provincial offer (final offer) to the Crees—October 14, 1974; approved negotiation committee version of schedule D of JBNQA—October 11, 1974; technical sub-committee report to main negotiating committee—August 29, 1975; assorted memos]. – 1974-1975.
F.16 Harvey Feit—Notes on Meetings, Cree (incl. some extracts from reports of meetings), 1970s-1980s (includes Cree internal meetings, community meetings, and negotiating committees) [Photocopies of Feit’s handwritten notes from various meetings : fldr 1 of 3]. – 1974-1986.
F.17 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.18 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.19 Negotiating Documents—A.I.P. [schedule for Negotiating Committee meeting in February 1974; correspondence and memos to members of the Negotiating Committee, IQA, NQIA Technical Support Team, NQIA, and James O’Reilly; minutes of meeting with IQA, NQIA, and provincial government]. – 1974.
F.20 Inuit Materials [Memos and correspondence regarding NQIA negotiations]. – 1974.
F.21 O’Reilly Allain Hudon [memos and correspondence to Cree Negotiating Committee, Technical Support Team, and various Cree bands from legal counsel O’Reilly, Allain, and Hudon]. – 1974.
F.22 Rights of Usufruct & Possession [photocopy of handwritten report (possibly statement related to JBNQA) entitled “Rights of Usufruct and Possession” on Indigenous rights and title in a Canadian legal context—no identified author]. – n.d.
F.23 Minutes and Memos—Negotiations [Memos to JBEC regarding Fort George [Chisasibi] burial sites; inventory of Fort George burial sites which lists trapline numbers and grid references of site locations; minutes of meeting with Kanatewat, Moses, Awashish, and more; IQA correspondence; other memos, correspondence, and minutes from various negotiating committees, support teams, and Cree communities]. – 1974. [EMBARGOED]
Box 11
F.1 Negotiating Committee—1974 [report from Chief Billy Diamond; meeting minutes from Cree Negotiating Committee, spring-summer 1974; minutes from IQA-NQIA Negotiating Committee, spring 1974; various memos to committees and sub-committees : fldr 1 of 3].
F.2 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.3 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.4 List of Negotiators [for JBNQA—list includes negotiators for corporations, province of Québec, federal government, and Cree peoples]. – ca. 1974-1975.
F.5 Documents on Mining Rights [Memo respecting mineral rights from O’Reilly, Allain, and Hudon; comments respecting considerations involved in regard to land in connection with the negotiations (author unclear)]. – ca. 1974.
F.6 Agreement in Principle Drafts. – 1974.
F.7 Local + Regional Gov’t [correspondence to James O’Reilly from Indian and Northern Affairs; notes from Local and Regional Government Sub-Committee on structure of local and regional Cree governments; copy of Ministry of Public Service report “Etude des Structures de la Direction Generale du Nouveau-Québec”, April 1971]. – ca. 1971-1974.
F.8 [Coil-bound copy of Agreement in Principle in French]. – 1974.
F.9 Minutes and Notes: HFT [Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping] Negotiating Sub-Committee [fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974.
F.10 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.11 Task Force on a Coordinating Committee for Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping [Statements related to or from the task force commissioned by the HFT Sub-Committee to explore the creation of a coordinating committee for HFT activities]. – 1974.
F.12 Hunting, Fishing, Trapping (1974)—General Correspondence [Also contains documents about HFT-related portions of JBNQA AIP, including list of negotiating points]. – 1974.
Box 12
F.1 [Copy of Martin S. Weinstein’s report “What the Land Provides: An Examination of the Fort George Subsistence Economy and the Possible Consequences on it of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project”—Report of the Fort George Resource Use and Subsistence Economy Study on behalf of Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec)]. – 1976.
F.2 [Copy of Alan F. Penn’s report “Land Use and the Subsistence Economy at Eastmain, P.Q”]. – 1974.
F.3 [Copy of Harvey Feit and Alan F. Penn’s paper “The Northward Diversion of the Eastmain and Opinaca Rivers as Proposed: An Assessment of Impacts on the Native Community at Eastmain Village”]. – 1974.
F.4 [Copy of Donald Stewart’s report “Urbanization in the James Bay Region: The Impact of Establishing Construction Camps and the Permanent Town of Radisson on Fort George and Its Cree and Inuit Population”—prepared under contract to the IQA-NQIA Technical Support Team]. – 1974.
F.5 [Review of “Derivation Eastmain-Opinaca-La Grande—Premier Rapport d’Environnement sur les Parties Aval des Rivieres Detournees”, Cultural, Social and Economic Aspects—prepared by Harvey Feit for the Technical Support Team of the IQA/NQIA]. – 1974.
F.6 Support Team—Work Organization and Progress [Correspondence regarding IQA-NQIA Negotiations Technical Support Team]. – 1973-1974.
F.7 James Bay Support Team Research Proposals [correspondence and budgets related to technical advice given to IQA and NQIA by settler academics; early proposal for Cree radio station in Québec]. – 1974.
F.8 James Bay Support Group—Minutes, Notes [Memos to IQA-NQIA Technical Support Team]. – 1974.
F.9 Meetings—Support Team with JBEC and JBDC [Memos to IQA-NQIA Technical Support Team; minutes of meetings between Support Team, IQA-NQIA negotiators and aforementioned organizations]. – 1973-1974.
F.10 Technical Sub-Committee on JBEC’s EIA of Eastmain Diversion [memo and letter regarding JBEC’s report on the environmental impact of Eastmain and Opinaca diversions (received May 25, 1974)]. – 1974.
F.11 James Bay Support Team—Work Outlines [Memos and correspondence to IQA-NQIA Negotiation Support Team, Technical Support Team, and others]. – 1974.
F.12 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee—I) Feit Notes 2) Internal Memos. – 1975.
F.13 [Photocopies of various regulations related to Québec and federal wild life, forestry, and mining law : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1972-1974.
F.14 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.15 Federal Harvesting Legislation [Copies of various acts and regulations; various handwritten notes; “Revised Proposal by the Native Parties Respecting Possible Modification to the Migratory Birds Convention, The Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations”; and “Brief on Inuit Rights in Relation to Fish and Marine Mammals”, submitted by Inuit Tapirisat of Canada to the Government of Canada, September 1974 : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1974.
Box 13
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2]. – ca. 1974.
F.2 Regulations under the Wildlife Conservation Act (Rp. S.Q., 1969, ch. 58); Provincial Parks Act (R.S.Q., 1964, ch. 201) [Copies : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1965-1973.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2]. – ca. 1965-1973.
F.4 II Draft—James Bay Agreement [English copies of various JBNQA sections : fldr 1 of 3]. – ca. 1975.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.6 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.7 Draft—James Bay Agreement—Text to Cabinet, Oct. 5, 1975 [English copies of various JBNQA sections : fldr 1 of 2].
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Final JBNQA [Annotated drafts of JBNQA section related to “Native Development”, as well as Cree internal memos on this topic; drafts of AIP between JBDC and Grand Council of the Crees (Québec) regarding mutual cooperation in tourism and outfitting—August 1975; proposed budget for James Bay Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association; proposed budget for Cree Trappers’ Association; copy of NQIA report “Survey of Government Programs and Services Relating to Indians’ Needs”; drafts of and responses to “Cree Working Paper for Native Development” : fldr 1 of 3]. – ca. 1975. [EMBARGOED]
Box 14
F.1 [fldr 2 of 3]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 [fldr 3 of 3]. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 Naskapi Responses to Agreement [draft of AIP between the Naskapi Band of Schefferville and the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec) et al., 1975; draft of AIP between Band Council of the Naskapi of Schefferville and the Government of Québec et al.—1975; draft of Naskapi amendments to Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping section of JBNQA, October 1975; other response documents from Naskapi to JBNQA].
F.4 ISP Negotiations [Copies of annotated JBNQA sections related to Cree guaranteed annual minimum income; various reports from Government of Québec on guaranteed annual income program; response documents from Inuit representatives; Cree internal correspondence and committee reports; meeting minutes from Working Group on Guaranteed Annual Income—April 11, 1975 : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.6 [Annotated drafts of section 30 of JBNQA (Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers) : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975.
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 Documents concerning meetings between representatives of the Grand Council of the Crees and the Departments of Justice and Indian Affairs as well as Cree negotiations concerning HFT [correspondence; responses to Grand Council questions from federal departments; status report on Cree negotiations]. – 1975.
F.9 GCCQ 1975 Negotiating Structures [Grand Council memos and correspondence concerning JBNQA final agreement negotiations; various Grand Council committee meeting minutes].
F.10 [Agenda for Negotiations Committee Meeting, June 4-6, 1975; statement from Povungnituk Community Council to Grand Council of the Crees et al., May 8, 1975; various correspondence and notes from Feit]. – 1975.
F.11 [Draft of section 2 of the JBNQA (Principal Provisions)]. – 1975.
Box 15
F.1 Negotiating Meetings as of November 1974 [Minutes, agendas, and memos of Negotiating Committee meetings].
F.2 Environment & Development Working Documents [Records listing mandates of sub-committees and Grand Council organization structure; drafts and summaries of AIP between Grand Council et al. and Government of Québec et al.]. – 1974.
F.3 Environment & Development Working Documents [committee records clarifying use of these terms in AIP; draft terms of reference regarding environmental protection and future development clauses in AIP; assorted memos and notes on this topic]. – ca. 1974.
F.4 Environment and Future Development—Documents File Book 1 to #42 [minutes from Sub-committee on Environment and Future Development; records related to environment- and future-related clauses of AIP]. – 1974.
F.5 Environment and Future Development—Documents Book 2 #45- [research documents and statements related to AIP, creation of Environmental and Social Protection Regime]. – 1974.
F.6 Environment and Future Development—Recording Secretary’s Minutes, Book 1 [Minutes of Environmental Protection and Future Development Sub-Committee, February-July 1975 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 Environment and Future Development—Meeting Notes [Handwritten notes created by Feit during Environmental Protection and Future Development Sub-Committee meetings, February-September 1975].
F.9 [Records from Environment and Future Development Sub-Committee, including draft proposals for JBNQA sections and related summary documents : fldr 1 of 4]. – 1975.
F.10 [fldr 2 of 4].
F.11 [fldr 3 of 4].
Box 16
F.1 [fldr 4 of 4].
F.2 [Drafts of section 22 of JBNQA (Environment and Future Development below the 55th Parallel) : fldr 1 of 3]. – 1975.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.4 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.5 [Copies of Québec’s Environment Quality Act (1972) and An Act Respecting Protection of the Environment (Bill No. 96) (1974)].
F.6 [Copy of Québec’s Public Health Protection Act (1972) and associated regulation (1974); copy of Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services (1971) and amending bill (No. 41, 1974)].
F.7 [Copy of Québec Regulation 74-643 (1974), amending the Education Act of 1964].
F.8 Lands documents [records of Lands Sub-Committee, including memos, meeting minutes, and drafts of proposals and counterproposals respecting land regime applicable to Cree peoples (in Québec); drafts of section 5 of JBNQA : fldr 1 of 3]. – 1975.
F.9 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.10 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.11 Compensation and Taxation Sub-Committee [memos; copy of unsigned Memorandum of Agreement between Grand Council of the Crees and Governments of Québec and Canada regarding post-JBNQA financial compensation, 1976; final report to Negotiating Committee, October 29, 1975; meeting agendas and minutes; draft proposal for clauses for compensation (JBNQA section 25), April 10, 1975 : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975-1976.
F.12 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.13 Trappers’ Association before Final Agreement [Research files and operational records, including: proposed budgets (1976); memos to and from Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee (1975); copy of memorandum on hunting, trapping, and Indigenous peoples from National Indian Brotherhood (August 1972); copy of agreement between Government of Canada and Government of Manitoba related to establishment of Manitoba Wild Fur Program (1975); draft copy of AIP between JBDC and Grand Council of the Crees related to tourism and outfitting (1975); 1974 social welfare data regarding monetary disbursements to Cree bands in Québec; various correspondence : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974-1976. [EMBARGOED]
Box 17
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 Local and Regional Government [Records of Local and Regional Governments Sub-Committee, including: various reports; memos and correspondence; proposed regional government clauses for JBNQA; reports and recommendations from Joint Working Group on Police and Justice and Sub-Committee on Compensation : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 Technical Sub-Committee Minutes [handwritten notes from Feit—various meetings from April-July, 1975; typed minutes from May 15, 1975 meeting].
F.5 Burial Sites [memos and correspondence from IQA, Technical Support Team, Negotiators, and others related to burial sites in Fort George [Chisasibi] that will be impacted by JBEC flooding]. – 1974. [EMBARGOED]
F.6 Technical Drafts [Drafts of provisions for JBNQA from the Technical Sub-Committee, September-October 1975 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 Technical Sub-Committee [correspondence and memos to and from; report to Negotiating Committee, August 29, 1975; drafts of various JBNQA sections; statistics on hunting, fishing, and trapping by Cree peoples on various lots affected by James Bay project, January-February 1975 : fldr 1 of 3].
F.9 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.10 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.11 [Project] Modifications Sub-Committee Meetings [memos and reports to and from various committees, predominantly Support Team and Negotiating Committee, about environmental code, project modifications, and Eastmain Opinaca diversion : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974.
Box 18
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 Modifications Sub-Committee [memos, reports, and meeting notes related to Eastmain Opinaca diversion : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 Remedial Works Programs Papers [memos and drafts of report on remedial works to alleviate negative impacts from the Complex La Grande; lists of works/projects to be considered acceptable under remedial works clauses of the JBNQA; final report of Remedial Works Group to Technical Sub-Committee, July 1975; various correspondence : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.6 HTF—Docs [Memos to Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee concerning registered non-Cree traplines in southern portion of 1898 territory and meeting on polar bear in Ottawa; drafts of General Principles Respecting a Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regime]. – 1974.
F.7 GCCQ Board of Directors Minutes [Minutes from meeting on July 1-3, 1975 in Paint Hills, Québec].
F.8 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee Documents [Memos; correspondence; research files, including copies of legislation, reports, and Canadian federal agreements with other countries respecting environmental protection; statistics regarding non-Indigenous hunters in James Bay, Ontario area; lists of species in James Bay area : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1974-1975.
F.9 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee Meetings, 1975 [Document on structure and membership of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regime—May 1975; position statements from Sub-Committee on regime for outfitting as specified in AIP; reports on meetings from recording secretary; correspondence; report from Working Group to Establish Present Levels of Native Harvesting to Sub-Committee].
F.10 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping (1975) [correspondence regarding permits for Indigenous hunters and fishers and areas impacted by James Bay project flooding; assorted proposals on guaranteed annual income program and powers of band councils; reports and terms of reference from Working Group to Establish Present Levels of Native Harvesting]. [EMBARGOED]
Box 19
F.1 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee Secretary’s Reports [January-June, 1975; also memo from Peter W. Hutchings and various meeting agendas : fldr 1 of 2].
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 Hunting/Fishing/Trapping Docs, 1975 [memos and draft proposals to Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Sub-Committee concerning Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regime; draft of proposals respecting modifications to federal legislation related to hunting, fishing, and trapping : fldr 1 of 2].
F.4 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.5 Consolidated Drafts of Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Agreement [Various annotated drafts of section 24 of JBNQA; draft consolidations of Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regime; related memos : fldr 1 of 4]. – 1975.
F.6 [fldr 2 of 4].
F.7 [fldr 3 of 4].
F.8 [fldr 4 of 4].
F.9 HFT—Draft Section [section 24 of JBNQA]. – 1975.
Box 20
F.1 HFT Final [annotated copies of section 24 of JBNQA : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1975.
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 Section 24—Final Agreement Summary, November 11, 1976—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping [copy of section 24 of JBNQA and follow-up document listing responsibility for implementation of section 24 sub-sections].
F.4 Québec and Canada 1975—Summaries and Statements on Final Agreement with Cree and Inuit [copies of press releases, summaries, and presentations from Federal Government and Province of Québec on JBNQA and claims processes for Indigenous peoples]. – ca. 1973-1976.
F.5 [Draft—Summary of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement, with Particular Reference to the Aspects Relating to the Cree People of James Bay—Cree Regional Authority, August 1978].
F.6 Revised Summary of Final Agreement of November 11, 1975 [report by Grand Council of the Crees of Québec]. – ca. 1975.
F.7 Summary of Final Agreement [report by Grand Council of the Crees of Québec]. – ca. 1975.
F.8 Second Draft of Final Agreement—October 23-November 2 [Drafts of select JBNQA sections (English) : fldr 1 of 5]. – 1975.
F.9 [fldr 2 of 5].
F.10 [fldr 3 of 5].
F.11 [fldr 4 of 5].
Box 21
F.1 [fldr 5 of 5].
F.2 Third Draft of Final Agreement, November 5, 1975—to Parliamentary Commission [Draft of entire JBNQA (English) : fldr 1 of 6].
F.3 [fldr 2 of 6].
F.4 [fldr 3 of 6].
F.5 [fldr 4 of 6].
F.6 [fldr 5 of 6].
F.7 [fldr 6 of 6].
F.8 [Copies of text of corrections to JBNQA—December 12, 1975 (in English and French)].
Addendum to Series 2
Box 70
F.1 [The James Bay Agreement: Agreement between the Government of Québec, the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec), the Northern Québec Inuit Association, and the Government of Canada—Editeur Officiel du Québec, 1975—Volume 1 of 3].
F.2 [The James Bay Agreement: Agreement between the Government of Québec, the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec), the Northern Québec Inuit Association, and the Government of Canada—Editeur Officiel du Québec, 1975—Volume 2 of 3].
F.3 [The James Bay Agreement: Agreement between the Government of Québec, the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec), the Northern Québec Inuit Association, and the Government of Canada—Editeur Officiel du Québec, 1975—Volume 3 of 3].
F.4 [The James Bay Agreement: Agreement between the Government of Québec, the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec), the Northern Québec Inuit Association, and the Government of Canada—originally in binder : fldr 1 of 5]. – 1975.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 5].
F.6 [fldr 3 of 5].
Box 71
F.1 [fldr 4 of 5].
F.2 [fldr 5 of 5].
Series 3
JBNQA Implementation. – 1951-2002, predominant 1975-1987. – 6.09 m of textual records.
The series features records related to Feit’s work with the GCCQ, the Cree Regional Authority (formed in 1978 and now called the Cree Nation Government), and related entities from the signing of the JBNQA (November 1975) until 1987. During this time, Feit worked with the following organizations:
- 1975-1987—James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee (NHRC): The Committee, which included representatives of Indigenous governments and organizations, Canadian and Québec governments, as well as James Bay Crown corporations, conducted research to establish guaranteed game harvest allocation protections for Eeyou and Inuit peoples as specified in the 1974 agreement in principle (AIP) and the JBNQA. The GCCQ appointed Feit to this committee, on which he served as founding chair and member.
- 1975-1978—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee for James Bay and Northern Québec (HFTCC): This committee, established by section 24 of the JBNQA, included members and representatives of Indigenous governments and organizations, as well as the Canadian federal and Québec governments. Its primary function was to review and manage the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regime established by the JBNQA. Feit occasionally sat as a member on this committee and its working groups.
- 1976-1977—Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board: This board, established by section 30 of the JBNQA, included members from the Cree Regional Authority and the Government of Québec. The Board administered the income security program for Eeyou hunters and trappers. Feit assisted in the startup of the board and some future adaptations of the program to suit Eeyou peoples’ needs.
- 1976-1986—James Bay Environmental and Social Impact regimes: Feit served as an Eeyou-appointed member of various joint Indigenous, provincial, and federal committees that sought to implement JBNQA regimes. Feit reviewed the adequacy of impact statements for various projects, including community relocations, mines, airports, highways, transmission lines, and access roads.
- 1983-1986—Task Force on Guaranteed Harvest Level Allocations: The task force was established by the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee. Its remit was to ensure agreement amongst all governments regarding guaranteed game harvest allocation levels for Eeyou and Inuit hunters. Feit was an Eeyou-appointed member of this Task Force.
- 1987—Comite de la Baie James sur le Mercure: The Committee included members representing Eeyou peoples, the government of Québec, and Hydro-Québec. Its goal was to implement the Mercury Agreement created between the aforementioned parties in 1986. Feit contributed a report to the committee on the potential impacts of remedial programs to deal with methylmercury contamination in fish harvested and consumed by Eeyou peoples in James Bay. Increased methylmercury levels in fish were in part the result of the creation of hydroelectric reservoirs in the region.
Additionally, the series includes records related to Feit’s community-based research projects from 1972-1983. Feit undertook many of these projects for Eeyou peoples and government. Projects include:
- James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research: This research, conducted by the James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, was initiated during the second year of negotiation of the JBNQA (1975) to fulfill the guaranteed game harvest allocation protections for Eeyou and Inuit peoples as specified in the 1974 agreement in principle (AIP). The research project came to be under the auspices of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee for James Bay and Northern Québec in 1975. The project relied upon survey questionnaire data and diary-based research on wildlife harvesting by James Bay Eeyou peoples from 1972-1979. It employed local administrative and research staff in eight James Bay Eeyou communities and Montréal over a five-year period; it also featured a separate research program in Northern Québec Inuit communities. Its total budget of $1,016,000 was funded by the federal and provincial government, GCCQ, NQIA, Hydro-Québec, the James Bay Energy Corporation, and the James Bay Development Corporation. The first report of findings was published in 1976; final reports on Eeyou research were published in 1982 and 1983. Feit wrote a separate and independent report-commentary on this research in 1980.
- Land use, occupancy, and social impact studies: Various studies were conducted by Eeyou First Nations in Mistissini, Eastmain, Wemindji, and Waswanipi between August 1973 and December 1978 in order to aid Eeyou negotiators in identifying land areas for selection and special protection provisions. These interview and mapping projects were coordinated by Harvey Feit and/or Alan Penn and local teams. The studies’ total budget of $100,000 was provided by Eeyou organizations.
- Fort George Land Use and Subsistence Economy Study: This study was conducted from 1973-1976. Initially it was undertaken for the Indians of Québec Association, but was taken over by the GCCQ. Research was directed by Martin Weinstein in Fort George [Chisasibi] with local researchers. Harvey Feit provided support in Montréal and Ottawa. The study was designed to indicate the geographical distribution and intensity of Eeyou wildlife harvests in Chisasibi, especially with relation to the planned development of the La Grande River hydroelectric complex. The study responded to claims at the time by the province of Québec and Hydro-Québec which minimized the uses by Eeyou peoples of lands that would be flooded or otherwise impacted by development. Research funding, which came from the Indians of Québec Association and the GCCQ, amounted to $82,540. Preliminary reports of findings were released in 1974 and 1975 by Feit and Weinstein, respectively; in 1976, a comprehensive final report was published by Weinstein.
- Studies of the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Program: These studies used interview, survey, and government data to document and analyze the workings and initial effects of the income security program in seven Eeyou communities from September 1976-December 1982. Harvey Feit and Colin Scott were co-researchers on the project, with local research staff in northern villages and government offices. The final report was addressed to Cree and other governments desirous of improving the program, and to governments outside of Québec interested in implementing a similar program. Studies were funded by the Québec Ministère des Affaires Sociales (MAS), Comité de la Recherché Socio-économique, Eeyou organizations, McGill University, and scholarships to Colin Scott. MAS grants totaled $30,500. Interim reports were prepared in 1978 and 1979 by Colin Scott; a final report was published by Scott and Feit in 1992.
Records in the series are arranged in their received order. Documentary forms include: copies of provincial and federal legislation; correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets, and reports from GCCQ/CRA and affiliated committees; data sets from federal government and various GCCQ/CRA research projects related to Eeyou populations; academic papers; and more.
Box 21 [cont.]
F.9 [Text of Chisasibi Agreement, 1978].
F.10 [Text of Northeastern Québec Agreement (French and English)—1978 : fldr 1 of 4].
Box 22
F.1 [fldr 2 of 4].
F.2 [fldr 3 of 4].
F.3 [fldr 4 of 4].
F.4 Legislation—General [Correspondence to GCCQ from Indian and Northern Affairs, February 1976; copy of statement from Billy Diamond entitled “Federal Government Delaying James Bay Legislation Purposely”, ca. 1976; excerpts from new act respecting the JBNQA]. – 1976.
F.5 [Copy of interventant’s factum, volume 1 (the Grand Council of the Crees of Québec) in the matter of a reference to the Court of Appeal respecting the Constitution of Canada—Supreme Court of Canada, May 1982].
F.6 [Copy of interventant’s factum, volume 2 (the Grand Council of the Crees of Québec) in the matter of a reference to the Court of Appeal respecting the Constitution of Canada—Supreme Court of Canada, May 1982].
F.7 Bill C-9 [James Bay and Northern Québec Native Claims Settlement Act (House of Commons of Canada) : copy of final version and draft in English and French]. – 1976, 1977.
F.8 Bill 10—Health & Social Services [An Act to Amend the Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copy in English]. – 1977.
F.9 Bill 25—CRA [An Act Respecting the Cree Regional Authority (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copy in French]. – 1978.
F.10 Bill 26 (QC)—Regional Zone Council [An Act to Establish the James Bay Regional Zone Council (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copy in English]. – 1978.
F.11 Bill 27—Makivik Corp. [An Act to Establish the Makivik Corporation (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copies in English and French]. – 1978.
F.12 Bill 30—Environment Quality Act 1978/9 [An Act to Amend the Environment Quality Act (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) and regulation O.C. 3452-79 (Environment Quality Act) : copies in English and French]. – 1978, 1979.
F.13 Bill 28—HFT Rights in James Bay [An Act Respecting Hunting and Fishing Rights in the James Bay and New Québec Territories (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copies in English and French]. – 1978.
F.14 Bill 32—JBNQA + La Grand [An Act to Create the La Grande Complex Remedial Works Corporation (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copies in English]. – 1978.
F.15 Bill 33—JBNDC [An Act to Incorporate the James Bay Native Development Corporation (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copy in English]. – 1978.
F.16 Bill 34—Cree & Inuit Persons [An Act Respecting Cree and Inuit Native Persons (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copies in English and French]. – 1978.
F.17 Bill 50—James Bay Region Development Act [Assemblée Nationale du Québec : copy in English]. – 1971.
F.18 Bill 83—JBNQA Support for HFT Activities [An Act Respecting the Support Program for Inuit Beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement for Their Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Activities (Assemblée Nationale du Québec) : copies in English and French]. – 1982.
F.19 Legislation re: ISP (Québec) [Social Aid Act (1969); Bill 118—An Act to Amend the Social Aid Act, 1978; copy of application form under sub-section 30.6.6 b of the Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers; Bill 1—An Act Respecting Work Income Supplement : copies in French and English].
F.20 HFT & ISP Legislation [Copy of Québec Official Gazette, no. 38 (30 April 1976)].
F.21 Environment Legislation [text of Reglement Relatif a la Protection de l’Environnement et du Milieu Social sur le Territoire de la Baie James et du Nord Québecois; preliminary comments respecting Bill 30 (Act to Amend the Environment Quality Act); letter from Peter W. Hutchins to Eric Gourdeau regarding Québec environmental legislation, September 1978; various iterations of Loi Modifiant la Loi de la Qualité de l’Environnement Suite à la Convention de la Baie James et du Nord Québécois; Copy of article about Bill no. 57 (An Act Respecting Ecological Reserves) (Québec) and text of bill : copies in English and French]. – ca. 1978-1979.
Box 23
F.1 Language Legislation [Copy of Charter of the French Language (Bill 101); Regulations Adopted under the Charter of the French Language (French); copy of Bill 22 (Québec); statement from GCCQ on Québec language legislation (Bill 1)—May 3, 1977; assorted GCCQ correspondence related to language legislation]. – 1977.
F.2 [Copy of Québec government publication “Extracts from the Charter of the French Language for Native Groups” (French, English, and Cree)]. – ca. 1977.
F.3 By-laws & Regulations of JBNQA Bodies [including: Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee; Review Committee; Examination Committee; Kativik Environmental Quality Commission; Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board; La Grande Complex Remedial Works Corporation]. – 1980.
F.4 [Memo prepared for the General Assembly of the Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec) and of the Cree Regional Authority to be held in Mistissini, Québec, August 6 to 10, 1979 (related to status of transfer of category 1A and 1B lands)].
F.5 [Copies of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development (House of Commons): issues 1-9 (November 1976-February 1977)].
F.6 [Copies of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development (House of Commons): issues 10-13 (February 1977)].
F.7 [Copies of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development (House of Commons): issues 14-16 (February 1977)].
F.8 [Copies of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development (House of Commons): issue 17 (February 1977)].
F.9 [Copies of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development (House of Commons): issue 18-23 (February-March 1977)].
F.10 Bills Respecting the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement—Vol. 1, English [including: bill nos. 32, 2, 10, 23 (Québec)]. – 1977-1978.
F.11 Bills Respecting the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement—Vol. 2, English [including: bill nos. 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34, 42]. – 1978.
F.12 Formation of GCCQ [Memo from Einar Skinnarland on organization of GCCQ, December 2, 1975; correspondence and reports between IQA and GCCQ regarding the negotiating structures and formation of the GCCQ, 1974; Feit’s notes from board of directors meeting in May, 1975; copies of general by-laws of the GCCQ].
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F.1 Planning Session 1977 [Records concerning planning session of GCCQ, including correspondence, organization structure charts, and documents about various department goals and projects : fldr 1 of 2].
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 GCCQ Annual Assembly [July] 1978 [agenda; reports and correspondence related to special general meeting of the members, special general assembly, Cree Act, Cree Local Government, James Bay Zone Council, communications, development training, Cree Housing Corporation annual report, lands and environment, Nemaska relocation, outfitting and enrollment commission, transport, and legal cases].
F.4 Cree Regional Authority [Results of CRA elections, 1981; statement from IQA, November 1974; report from Peat Marwick and Partners on general organization of the Cree Regional Authority (August 16, 1978); interim and planning reports for CRA from Peat Marwick and Partners, 1978; copy of Bill 25 (An Act Respecting the Cree Regional Authority) (Québec--1978); copy of bill 24 (the Cree Villages Act) (Québec—1978); report to General Assembly on relocation of agencies (Richard Brouillard—August 4, 1982) : fldr 1 of 2].
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.6 Policing, Enforcement of Regime [memo from Charles D. Mallory to Philip Awashish et al., December 12, 1979].
F.7 [Position Paper: Bilingual Education—Cree as a Language of Instruction (to the Council of Commissioners, Cree School Board—submitted by the Curriculum Development Team)]. – ca. 1976-1978.
F.8 [1982 annual report from Cree School Board (English)].
F.9 [“The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay Report,” August 7, 1980].
F. 10 [Annual Report on Land Surveys, Category II Land Selection, and the Land Recording System—prepared for the General Assembly of the Cree Regional Authority, August 4-5, 1981, by Alan Penn].
F.11 Lands [correspondence from Alan Penn to Daniel Larocque, 23 January 1979 (French); copy of Annexe B of Loi Concernant le Régime des Terres dans les Territoires de la Baie James et du Nouveau-Québec—Le 8 Mai 1978 (French)].
F.12 [Report of the Task Force on Cree Regional Entities—Phase I, Interim Representation and Administration—July 1982].
F.13 [Colour-coded document from Québec government regarding planned organizations arising from the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (French) (prepared by Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources Bureau du Coordonnateur Ministériel en Milieu Amérindien et Inuit)]. – ca. 1979.
F.14 [Posters and colour-coded documents from Québec government regarding planned organizations arising from the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (French) (prepared by Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources Bureau du Coordonnateur Ministériel en Milieu Amérindien et Inuit)]. – ca. 1979.
F.15 Local Administrators—Training Program [Training curriculum for Cree local government administrators—prepared for the Traditional Pursuits Agency, Cree Regional Authority by Michael G. Brennan, n.d.; various GCCQ/CRA memos, reports related to training curriculum]. – ca. 1979-1980.
F.16 GCCQ—minutes of meetings [from Grand Council Executive meeting, February 12, 1976].
F.17 GCCQ resolutions, 1974-1976 [incomplete].
F.18 GCCQ—minutes, resolutions, by-laws, 1981-1982 [report prepared by Marsha G. Smoke, Research Director].
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F.1 [GCCQ annual report, 1982 (English)].
F.2 GCCQ—budgets [status report—spending analysis, 1976-1979—December 1979]. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 [(Cree) regional entities meeting, October 28, 1982 : agenda, related correspondence, position statements, reports, and financial statements]. [EMBARGOED]
F.4 [Cree Regional Authority financial statements as at March 31, 1980—prepared by Bélanger, L’Houmeau, Sureau & Associés; annual report to the 1980 General Assembly of the Cree Regional Authority/GCCQ—submitted by Director General, Treasurer, Secretary]. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 CRA budget, 1979 [decision package form (budget) 1979-1980]. [EMBARGOED]
F.6 Status reports and work reviews [to Cree Regional Authority respecting work done, current issues, and recommendations pertaining to agency’s mandate]. – ca. 1975-1976, 1979-1980.
F.7 Montréal Office Budget [list of projects completed by Montréal GCCQ office during fiscal year 1978; statement of probable work requirements in 1979; final report to Executive of GCCQ/CRA regarding activities undertaken in 1978/1979]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 Position on archaeological research [Cree position on archaeology, November 1981, GCCQ; various GCCQ memos on this topic; copy of Bill 2 (Cultural Property Act, Québec, 1972) and associated regulation (73-339, 8 June 1973)].
F.9 Cree Information Center [memos concerning establishment of Cree documentation center—January, March, May 1979; copy of GCCQ publication Cree Ajemoon (vol. 2, no. 4: December 1978)].
F.10 [Makivik Corporation annual report, 1984-1985].
F.11 [Copy of JBNQA complementary agreement no. 1 (1978) (French and English)].
F.12 [Copy of JBNQA complementary agreement no. 2 (1978) (French and English)].
F.13 [Copy of JBNQA complementary agreement no. 3 (1978) (French and English)].
F.14 [Copy of JBNQA complementary agreement no. 5 (1979) (French and English)].
F.15 [Copy of Chisasibi Agreement, 1978 (English)].
F.16 Land Survey Committee-1976 [notes from committee meetings in January and February].
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F.1 SOTRAC Incorporation [text of application for incorporation in French]. – ca. 1976.
F.2 [Remedial Works Conference in Chisasibi, Québec, June 15-19, 1981—Approach to remedial works in the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement and elsewhere—Report prepared by Hutchins & Soroka].
F.3 SOTRAC [memos from GCCQ/CRA related to SOTRAC; proposed budget for SOTRAC trapping-out program for winter 1979-19809 season; copy of SOTRAC Bulletin (Vol. 1, No. 2: June 1979); various documents on proposed SOTRAC projects]. -- ca. 1976-1980.
F.4 Equipment Purchases, 1976-1977 [Copies of AIP between Forex Inc. and the Cree Regional Authority (August 1981) and related correspondence; notes on equipment purchases]. 1976-1977, 1981.
F.5 [Cree Regional Authority Board of Compensation : minutes, resolutions, by-laws—1980 Annual General Assembly, Waswanipi, Québec].
F.6 [Copy of GCCQ report “Towards an Economic Development Plan”—October 1976].
F.7 [Copy of draft CRA report “The Cree Regional Authority as a Means of Cree Social and Economic Development”—January 1979].
F.8 Socio-Economic Institutions [copy of report “Avis sur l’Utilité, la Praticabilité et la Viabilite d’une Base de Support à la Recherche, a l’Information et à la Formation Nordiques à Radisson” by Roger Le Jeune (French) and related correspondence; general by-laws of Cree Distribution Centre (1978); copy of report “What’s a Caisse Populaire” by Yvan Cloutier—June 21, 1978 (English); correspondence from Eeyou Tapaytachesoo regarding Soci-Economic Conference Board—1979].
F.9 SDBJ Development Schema [GCCQ internal memos related to document entitled “Schema d’Aménagement du Territoire de la Baie James”]. – 1978.
F.10 Native Development [Copy of brief submitted to Québec ministers by JBDC regarding Aboriginal development in James Bay region—April 1976 (French); notes from Feit related to this topic]. – 1976.
F.11 [Report for GCCQ entitled “Report on the Availability of Economic Information on the Cree People of James Bay” by M. Power—August 1978 (English)].
F.12 [Report for GCCQ entitled “An Employment/Population Growth Scenario for the Cree Communities of the James Bay Territory, 1976-1990” by M. Power—September 1978].
F.13 Manpower Training [Letter to Peter Hutchins from R.L. Boulanger, September 24, 1976; meeting minutes from Inuit Socio-Economic Development Working Group, 20 September, 1976 (French)].
F.14 Travel Subsidy Proposal—B. Craik, 1980 [proposal and related correspondence].
F.15 Transportation Study [Draft work program entitled “Transportation Master Plan for Cree Socio-Economic Development” by GCCQ—January 1979; agenda for meeting of Transportation Master Plan Review Committee (GCCQ)—June 18, 1979].
F.16 Tourism and Outfitting [CRA correspondence, meeting notes, and Mistissini band statement regarding transfer of Mistissini outfitting camps—October 1979].
F.17 Demographic Projections [CRA correspondence and Feit’s notes concerning demographic workshop on Northern populations, Montréal, 1979; memo to GCCQ executive from Feit regarding demographic projections of Cree populations—May 1977; summary to CRA of M. Power’s report “An Employment/Population Growth Scenario for the Cree Communities of the James Bay Territory”—1978].
F.18 Registered “Indian” [sic] Population by Age, Sex, Residence—1975 [Indian and Northern Affairs statistics for Old Factory [Wemindji], Mistissini, Eastmain, Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Fort George [Chisasibi], and Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui] Cree bands].
F.19 Registered “Indian” [sic] Population by Age, Sex, Residence—1976 [Indian and Northern Affairs statistics for Old Factory [Wemindji], Mistissini, Eastmain, Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Fort George [Chisasibi], Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], and Nemaska Cree bands]. [EMBARGOED]
F.20 [Indigenous] Population by Age, Sex, Residence—1977 [Indian and Northern Affairs statistics for Old Factory [Wemindji], Mistissini, Eastmain, Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Fort George [Chisasibi], Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], and Nemaska Cree bands].
F.21 Populations of Cree Communities—1978 [Indian and Northern Affairs statistics regarding registered “Indian” [sic] population by age, sex, residence for Eastmain, Old Factory [Wemindji], Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Nemaska, and Abitibi bands].
F.22 Band Lists, Dec. 1975 [List of Indigenous persons with status for Eastmain, Mistissini, Rupert House [Waskaganish], and Waswanipi bands; Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board statistic report on harvesting and related activities, 1979-1980]. [EMBARGOED]
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F.1 Band Lists, June 30, 1977 [List of registered “Indian” [sic] persons in Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], Eastmain, Old Factory [Wemindji], Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Mistissini, Nemaska, and Fort George [Chisasibi] bands]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 Band Lists, December 1978 [List of registered “Indian” [sic] persons in Nemaska, Mistissini, Fort George [Chisasibi], Rupert House [Waskaganish], Old Factory [Wemindji], Waswanipi, Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], and Eastmain bands]. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 Non-Status List [Lists of non-status Indigenous persons in Fort George [Chisasibi], Mistissini, and Old Factory [Wemindji]--December 1974]. [EMBARGOED]
F.4 Enrollment Commission—Final Lists—July 1977 [Cree community lists from JBNQA Enrollment Commission for Waswanipi, Paint Hills (Old Factory) [Wemindji], Rupert House [Waskaganish], Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui], Eastmain, Fort George [Chisasibi], Mistissini, and Nemaska : [fldr 1 of 2]. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2]. [EMBARGOED]
F.6 Enrollment Commission—Preliminary Lists—July 1976 [Cree community lists from JBNQA Enrollment Commission—Rupert House [Waskaganish], Waswanipi, Eastmain, Fort George [Chisasibi], Mistissini, Old Factory [Wemindji], and Great Whale River [Whapmagoostui]]. [EMBARGOED]
F.7 Cree Eligibility [Cree proposal for the preparation of preliminary Cree eligibility lists as stipulated in JBNQA—March 1976; lists of non-status Indigenous persons in James Bay Cree communities—1976]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 Review Committee—General Correspondence [French and English]. – 1980-1981.
F.9 Review Committee Documents [Correspondence]. – 1981.
F.10 Review Committee—Meetings and Minutes [includes correspondence (French and English)]. – 1981.
F.11 Review Committee—Minutes and Legislation [includes correspondence (French and English)]. – 1980-1981.
F.12 Review Committee—Internal Rules [copies of administrative agreements and by-laws from James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment; Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee; Review Committee (in French and English) : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1980.
F.13 [fldr 2 of 2]. – 1980.
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F.1 Eastmain/Opinaca Remedial Works [Environmental data related to Eastmain and Opinaca rivers, 1979-1980 (French)].
F.2 Evaluating Committee [memos containing project and meeting summaries—1979 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 [Annual report of Evaluating Committee for 1980-1981, prepared for General Assembly of the CRA in August, 1981].
F.5 Evaluating Committee Documents [memo containing report on committee meeting on March 24, 1980].
F.6 Gwillim Mine—Evaluating Committee Documents [Memos and project description for re-opening of mine (French and English)].
F.7 Federal Review Panel—Organization [correspondence related to structure of various post-JBNQA committees and Review Panel]. – 1979.
F.8 [Annual report on the Review Committee and Review Panel—prepared by Harvey Feit, 1981].
F.9 Advisory Committee [annual report of James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment for 1980-1981; related correspondence].
F.10 Advisory Committee on the Environment—Organization [correspondence and copies of various Québec environmental legislation]. – 1979.
F.11 [Comité Consultatif pour l’Environnement de la Baie-James: Rapport Annuel 1979-1980] (French)].
F.12 Impact Assessment General [Various committee correspondence and notes related to impact assessment processes]. – 1978.
F.13 Cree Planning Documents [memo from Harvey Feit regarding Conference on Energy Needs and Alternatives for Native Communities, March 1981; letter to Waswanipi Band Council from CRA/GCCQ legal advisors on mineral and other subsurface rights on category I lands, April 1982].
F.14 Environment Regime Review [status report on Environment Regime from Traditional Pursuits Agency—December 1980; various CRA correspondence--1980; report on hunting, fishing, and trapping to CRA—1980; status report on Review Committee and Review Panel—July 1980].
F.15 Information concerning development projects in James Bay Territory [correspondence and statements from James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment on forestry management plans 86, 87, and Kruger/Domtar road construction projects]. – 1981.
F.16 Correspondence re: Environment Info [includes correspondence from Harvey Feit (on behalf of Environmental and Social Impact Review Committee) on environmental impact statements for various projects in Australia]. – 1980.
F.17 [Copy of report from Environment Canada entitled “James Bay Hydro-Electric Project: A Statement of Environmental Concerns and Recommendations for Protection and Enhancement Measures”—March 24, 1975].
F.18 [Letter from CRA legal counsel to CRA regarding regulations pursuant to the Environment Quality Act (Québec); copies of relevant regulations]. – 1981.
F.19 [Review of work of Cree Trappers’ Association and future suggestions—May 13, 1981].
F.20 CREST General [Meeting minutes and memos to CREST members, 1978-1979 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.21 [fldr 2 of 2].
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F.1 Recommendations for Nemiscau Review [Environmental and Social Impact Review panel correspondence related to Nemaska Band relocation project—1979].
F.2 [Copy of community plan for Nemaska Band—prepared by Daniel Arbour and Associates Inc., 1979].
F.3 [Copy of comments from Daniel Chevrier (representing Archéotec, Inc.) on the summary of the Archéotec report (December 1977) prepared by GCCQ; copy of summary of Archéotec report from GCCQ].
F.4 [Nemaska Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Statement—Nemaska Band, October 1978].
F.5 [Copy of “A Five-Year Capital Investment and Maintenance Plan for the Development of Cree Communities . . . Fiscal Years 1979-1984” by Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Housing and Infrastructures Services—November 1978].
F.6 [Correspondence from Hutchins, Caron, and Soroka law firm regarding possible relocation of Doré Lake [Oujé-Bougoumou] Cree community—1980].
F.7 Cree Community Projects [CRA letter to Mistissini Band regarding Mistissini hydro-plane base—June 1980; letter to Rupert House [Waskaganish] Band from Rupert House Band Local Administrator regarding municipal service project—n.d.].
F.8 [Evaluating Committee correspondence regarding construction of bush airstrip at Lac Fagnant—1980].
F.9 [Evaluating Committee correspondence regarding creation of Rupert House [Waskaganish] airstrip; report regarding Rupert House airstrip from Rupert House [Waskaganish] Band—1980].
F.10 [Review Committee correspondence and recommendations regarding establishment of Chibougamau-Chapais Airport—1981].
F.11 [Review Committee correspondence and notes related to establishment of Chibougamau-Chapais Airport—1981].
F.12 [Review Committee correspondence and comments related to Chapais-Obalski Transmission Line—1980-1981].
F.13 [Review Committee recommendations for Chapais-Obalski Transmission Line—March 1981 (French)].
F.14 [“Military Flying Activities in Labrador and Québec”—Report of the Environmental Assessment Panel to Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency—February 1995].
F.15 [HFT Coordinating Committee correspondence and meeting report related to low-level flying training exercises by military aircrafts out of Goose Bay, Labrador]. – 1986.
F.16 [Copies of meeting minutes from James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment—June 1978-January 1984 : fldr 1 of 3].
F.17 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.18 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.19 Domtar proposal for out-of-court settlement [Memos to Executive Committee and other GCCQ/CRA-affiliated individuals regarding Domtar proposal—1980; preliminary list of items for possible settlement discussions—n.d.; copy of Domtar Inc. annual report—1979 (French)].
F.20 Radiore No. 2 Mine [Memos to CRA/GCCQ-affiliated individuals regarding forestry and implementation of work policies, zoning middle area for moose management, and Domtar/Noranda out-of-court settlement offers]. – 1981.
F.21 Forestry Background [Copies of academic articles related to landscape development and forestry]. –1951, 1974-1975.
F.22 [Copy of Chibougamau Forestry Management Plan, Management Unit No. 26—Department of Energy and Resources, Division of Regional Operations—October 1980].
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Note: Maps #9-11 were originally located in box 30, file 10. See Maps series for further information.
F.1 Forestry Management Plans Relation to Environment Regime [GCCQ/CRA memos and correspondence regarding management and development plans for the public forests by the James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment and general forestry operations in the James Bay territory; James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment memos and responses to assorted forestry management plans in James Bay area : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1980.
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 [Copy of “Plan de Gestion de L’Unité Lac Abitibi (85) (3e version)”—Ministere de l’Energie et des Ressources du Québec—March 1980 (French)].
F.4 Environmental Study –Dam/Forestry—Proposals [Memos to Support Team (JBNQA Negotiations) and Sub-Committee on Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping regarding forestry, development, and assorted topics—1974].
F.5 Québec Documents Regulating Forestry Operations [Notes from Feit; memo to GCCQ/CRA-affiliated individuals regarding CR-119, “Plan de Gestion de L’Unité Lac Abitibi”]. – 1980.
F.6 Forestry and Forest Management [Copy of conference paper on clearcutting in James Bay Territory—April 1983; memos to CRA/GCCQ regarding forestry topics—1983; copy of management plan for Waswanipi category I lands by Rexfor—March 1983; comments of the James Bay Advisory Committee on forestry management plan no. 86 (Harricana)—January 1981 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 [Copy of Guide d’Aménagement du Milieu Forestier—Ministere des Terres et Forets, Groupe de Planification Sectorielle—June 1977 (French)].
F.9 [Summary of extract from Guide d’Aménagement du Milieu Forestier—June 1977; copies of assorted Québec forestry regulations--1988].
F.10 Gagnon et Frères Sawmill [James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment/CRA/GCCQ memos regarding cutting permits for 1980-1981 season to Gagnon et Frères in Chibougamau Crown Forest]. – 1980.
F.11 [Memo to Cree representatives on James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment regarding forestry exploitation for Donohue-Normick pulp mill—application of environment regime under JBNQA—August 1980].
F.12 [Copy of Rapport Accompagnant une Demande d’Obtention d’une Attestation de Non-Assujettissement à la Procédure d’Évaluation et d’Examen des Impacts sur l’Environnement (Article 189B) de la Loi de la Qualité de l’Environnement—Yvon Lussier on behalf of J.R. Lumber Co. Ltd.—June 1980 (French)].
F.13 [Letter to Evaluating Committee from office of Québec’s Minister of the Environment regarding Prévert Forestry Penetration Road—August 1980 (French); specification documents from Domtar for Prévert Road project (French)].
F.14 Forestry Access Road to Lake Anville—Environmental Impact Assessment [correspondence from/collected by Evaluating Committee related to project—1980 (French); project-related documents from Kruger Inc.—April 1980 (French)].
F.15 Forestry Access Road to Bruneau and De Noyelles Townships—Review Committee [Correspondence]. – 1980.
F.16 Waskaganish Development Cooperative—Rupert House [Letters from Waskaganish Development Cooperative regarding sawmill at Rupert House [Waskaganish]--1980; copy of Waskaganish Development Coop, Rupert House P.Q. report regarding sawmill at Rupert House—n.d.].
F.17 Rupert House Band Council [Proposal and implementation plan for purchase of local lumber—Rupert House [Waskaganish] (received by Rupert House Band Council)—June 1977].
F.18 [Forestry meeting minutes--Council of the Crees of Rupert House, June 25, 1980; various correspondence to Council of the Crees of Rupert House regarding Waskaganish Development Corporation Sawmill—1980].
F.19 [Correspondence to Indian and Northern Affairs and Cree Housing Corporation regarding Rupert House [Waskaganish] forestry project—1976, 1979].
F.20 Forestry material—Sept. 1984-March 1985 [Notes, correspondence, and background papers from or related to CRA-MENVIQ Forestry Working Group; correspondence regarding forestry management and cutting permits in JBNQA territories to and from CRA/GCCQ].
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F.1 [Copy of text of “Logging Programme of Barrette-Chapais Ltd. 1987-1997, Lake Vallieres Sector (Mistissini Lake)”—Agreement between the Mistissini Band Council and the Department of Energy and Resources (Chibougamau Forest Management Unit)—n.d.; copy of Québec government publication “Building a Forest for Tomorrow: The Forest Policy”—June 1985].
F.2 Forestry Working Group [correspondence related to and notes from meetings of CRA-MER Forestry Working Group; CRA correspondence regarding forestry]. – 1980.
F.3 Forestry Sub-Committee—Terms of Reference [Terms of reference and correspondence of Cree Sub-Committee on Forestry (GCCQ)]. – 1980.
F.4 [Draft of report “A Cree Strategy for Protecting Cree Hunting from the Impacts of Forestry Development”—prepared by Harvey Feit for Billy Diamond et al., April 18, 1980].
F.5 [Copy of report “The Impact of Mechanical Logging on Silviculture in Canada” by L.A. Smithers for Forest Research Branch, Department of Forestry, Canada—n.d.; correspondence between Feit and Forestry Inventory Service (Government of Québec)—1971].
F.6 Radiore No. 2 Mine [Correspondence and project documents to CRA/GCCQ-affiliated individuals regarding re-opening of Radiore No. 2 Mine at Matagami]. – 1979-1980.
F.7 Bachelor Lake Gold Mine [Review Committee correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, and project documents regarding Bachelor Lake Gold Mine development project—1980 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Solid Waste Disposal Dumps [Review Committee correspondence and project documents regarding solid waste management at camps NBR-II, NBR-III, and NBR-V (JBDC) and other areas—1979-1980 (French)].
F.10 Bachelor Lake Gold Mine initial impact documents [Bachelor Lake Gold Mine Inc. project definition and environmental impact study—Minexpert Inc., May 26, 1980 (French); Bachelor Lake Gold Mine Inc. summary of project definition and environmental impact study—Minexpert Inc., June 26, 1980 (English)].
F.11 Cree Office [CRA correspondence and project documents regarding Joe Mann mine project and forest access roads in the Harricana and Quévillon management units (French)]. – 1981.
F.12 Joe Mann Mine—Reopening [Review Committee correspondence, draft recommendations, and project documents (French and English)]. – 1981.
F.13 Government of Québec pamphlets [summaries of hunting, fishing, and trapping regulations—1970-1976 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.14 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.15 [Copy of Anthropologica index, 1955-1974—prepared by Thérèse Boucher for the Canadian Research Centre for Anthropology].
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F.1 [Assorted pamphlets on Canadian wildlife and fur trapping]. – 1970, 1975.
Canadian Wildlife Federation. Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1970.
Manitoba Department of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management. Furbearers of Manitoba. 1975.
Woodstream Corporation. Wildlife Traps for Predator Control, Fur Trapping, and Wildlife Management. 1975.
F.2 [Copy of “Moose Harvesting in the James Bay Territory: A Report Prepared by the Cree Party, for the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Co-ordinating Committee” by Charles D. Mallory, GCCQ/CRA, April 1979].
F.3 [Copy of “Proceedings of the Midwest Furbearer Workshop, April 11, 12, 13, 1979” sponsored by Kansas State University et al.].
F.4 [Copy of report “Information Needs Concerning Wildlife, the Cree, and Development in the James Bay Region” by Harvey Feit et al. to Environment Canada, Bureau de la Baie James et du Nord Québecois, May 1979].
F.5 Cree Harvest Monitoring [Sample trapline management report from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada—1982; proposal for Cree Harvests Monitoring Program, including budget information—n.d.; draft resolution recommended by the Task Force on Guaranteed Harvest Levels, June 21, 1984 regarding implementation of guaranteed levels of harvesting].
F.6 Cree HFT Reviews with Québec [Letter from representative of Québec Ministère du Loisir, de la Chasse et de la Pêche—29 January, 1986; notes document from Coordinating Committee—February 1986].
F.7 HFT Permits [Permit application from Richard Cyr to Québec Ministère du Loisir, de la Chasse et de la Pêche, Direction Générale de la Faune—1983 (French)]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 [Report of the “Cree Reindeer Project” Meeting: Mistissini Lake, March 16-17, 1982—CRA, Traditional Pursuits Agency, April 1982].
F.9 [French and English copies of background paper from Québec Ministère du Loisir, de la Chasse et de la Pêche, Direction Générale de la Faune regarding hunting and fishing]. – ca. 1982.
F.10 Hunting, Fishing, Trapping—General Files, 1980 [Records of HFT Coordinating Committee, including: blank copy of hunting and fishing permit within category I and II JBNQA lands; meeting agenda; various correspondence and meeting minutes : fldr 1 of 2].
F.11 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.12 HFT [Records of GCCQ and affiliated individuals: correspondence; copies of HFT regulations from Québec and federal government; proposals and notes from sub-committees, including HFT Sub-Committee; various academic reports : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1976-1977.
F.13 [fldr 2 of 2]. – ca. 1976-1977.
F.14 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Documents—1976 [Records of GCCQ and HFT Coordinating Committee: correspondence; memos; copies of HFT regulations from Québec and federal government; documents related to amendment of various sections of Naskapi Agreement : fldr 1 of 3].
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F.1 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.2 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.3 Right of First Refusal on Outfitting Dispute [GCCQ records related to motion for a declaratory judgement (Québec Superior Court) regarding right of first refusal to establish and operate outfitting facilities in Category III lands: correspondence, memos, drafts of motion]. – ca. 1980.
F.4 Outfitting Regime [HFT Coordinating Committee correspondence and briefs (French and English)]. – 1979.
F.5 CRA Wildlife Management Plan [Correspondence from Feit related to plan; outline of plan; proposal for preparation of phase 1 of plan; CRA correspondence]. – ca. 1982-1988.
F.6 Cree Wildlife Management Plan [report outline for plan from Feit; report regarding phase 1 of plan; related notes form Feit]. –1987-1988.
F.7 Misc. Cree and Inuit Wildlife Management [academic papers; magazine article]. – 1986, 1988.
F.8 Cree Conservation Officers, 1986 [Copy of training guide for deputy conservation officers from Québec Ministère du Loisir, de la Chasse et de la Pêche, Direction de la Conservation de la Faune Service de Formation et de Prévention—April 1985].
F.9 Traditional Pursuits Budgeting: 1980-1981—March 10, 1981—H. Feit [copy of general summary and related correspondence regarding CRA participation on various committees and projects]. [EMBARGOED]
F.10 Budget Analyses for 1980-81 [Prepared by H. Feit for Traditional Pursuits/Environment Regime—addresses cost of CRA participation on various committees and projects]. [EMBARGOED]
F.11 Budgeting—1981-1982 [Handwritten notes by Feit on NHR and Review Committee]. [EMBARGOED]
F.12 Amendments to Migratory Birds Convention Act [Draft of proposed amendments from Coordinating Committee and related correspondence—1979].
F.13 Wildlife Conservation Act Regulations [from Québec--various copies]. – ca. 1969-1974.
F.14 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Legislation [various copies of legislation from Québec; comments on legislation from Cree and Inuit parties : fldr 1 of 3]. – ca. 1977-1979.
F.15 [fldr 2 of 3]. – ca. 1977-1979.
F.16 [fldr 3 of 3]. – ca. 1977-1979.
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F.1 Materials on the Working of the Coordinating Committee and the HFT Regime [Québec government pamphlet on HFT activities in Cree, Inuit, and Naskapi territories; brief from GCCQ/CRA related to proposed amendments to Wildlife Conservation Act—1982; supplement to section 24 of JBNQA (GCCQ/CRA)—ca. 1983-1985; meeting minutes (1985) and correspondence of or regarding HFT Coordinating Committee].
F.2 Coordinating Committee—Key Debates [Transcripts and agenda of HFT Coordinating Committee meeting, December 7-8, 1982 (French and English)].
F.3 [Copy of report “Harvests of Animals in Rupert’s House, Nemaska, Waswanipi, and Mistissini, in Relation to the Proposed Nottaway, Broadback, Rupert (NBR) Hydroelectric Scheme” by Fikret Berkes and Richard Baxter for GCCQ—March 1978].
F.4 Reviews of HFT Issues & Working Group on HFT [copy of Québec government pamphlet on hunting—1979; report on status of issues as of March 1985—GCCQ/CRA; report on status of files from May 1984—Hutchins & Soroka for CRA; meeting minutes from Working Group on HFT—February 21, 1984 and July and September, 1983].
F.5 Waterfowl Working Group [meeting agendas, correspondence, and recommendations from Working Group]. – 1978-1979.
F.6 Big Game Working Group [Discussion paper to HFT Coordinating Committee—December 1977; correspondence and memos—1979].
F.7 HFT Working Groups—Big Game, Fish, Waterfowl [various correspondence and meeting minutes—1979-1980; copy of first draft of Waterfowl Management Plan for Canada from Environment Canada—June 1980].
F.8 Harvests of Big Game, Sport [Resolution of Big Game Working Group regarding upper limit on moose hunting—December 1979; memo from Québec Ministère du Tourisme, de la Chasse et de la Pêche regarding big game hunting in 1979 (French)].
F.9 [HFT] Coordinating Committee Documents [operational records, including meeting schedules, announcements, research papers, and resolutions—1982-1983 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.10 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.11 [Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of HFT Coordinating Committee—n.d.]. [EMBARGOED]
F.12 Coordinating Committee Involvement in Environment Regime [Correspondence to and from HFT Coordinating Committee--1980; submissions of the Committee respecting participation in Environment Protection Regime and environmental and social impact assessment procedures—1980].
F.13 Coordinating Committee Papers [Operational records, including: correspondence; resolutions; statements regarding role; copies of reports consulted; submissions; meeting minutes : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1979-1980.
F.14 [fldr 2 of 2]. – ca. 1979-1980.
F.15 [Copy of “Minutes of the Meetings (1976) of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping” from Secretariat of the Committee (publication)].
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F.1 [Copy of “Minutes of the Meetings (1977) of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping” from Secretariat of the Committee (publication)].
F.2 HFT Coordinating Committee Minutes and Resolutions, 1981 [Handwritten notes, agenda, minutes, resolutions, and comments from meeting on December 1-2].
F.3 HFT Coordinating Committee Minutes and Resolutions, 1982 [Notes, agendas, minutes, and resolutions from meetings on January 13-14, February 23-24, August 26, October 12-13 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.4 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.5 Minutes, 1982 Meetings—Coordinating Committee, Incomplete [material not referred to in minutes, including: correspondence, various applications for HFT licenses, reports].
F.6 Documents, 1982—Coordinating Committee, Incomplete [assorted resolutions and correspondence].
F.7 [Agendas, minutes, and resolutions from meetings of the HFT Coordinating Committee, 1982—January 13-14, February 23-24].
F.8 [Copy of “Report on the Feasibility of Forming a Cree Trappers’ Association and Developing a Wild Fur Harvesting and Marketing Program for the James Bay Agreement Area—Province of Québec—approved by representatives of GCCQ, Québec Department of Tourism, Game, and Fish, and Federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs—January 1977].
F.9 [Copy of Cree Trappers’ Association Five Year Operation and Development Plan—1980-1985].
F.10 [Copy of proposal for Manitoba Wild Fur Program, 1975-1980—project of: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Manitoba Department of Mines, Resources, and Environmental Management; Manitoba Registered Trappers’ Association].
F.11 Trappers’ Association Papers [Various drafts of “Report on the Feasibility of Forming a Cree Trappers’ Association” and related correspondence]. – ca. 1977-1979.
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F.1 Cree Trappers’ [Association] Final Budgets and Programs [for 1979]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 [Cree] Trappers’ Association [Feasibility] Study [Related correspondence, reports, statistics, reviews, organization charts]. – ca. 1976-1977.
F.3 Cree Trappers’ Association [Excerpts from feasibility study; report on CTA administrative structure; various drafts of James Bay Wild Fur program and related correspondence and meeting minutes—1978-1979 : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1977-1979.
F.4 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.5 [Memo regarding Cree Trappers’ Association Dispatching Program Air Transport Use Study, including attached sample air transportation use questionnaire]. – 1981.
F.6 Cree Wildlife Harvest Monitoring—Cree Trappers’ Association [memos to the CTA from Feit regarding continuing program to monitor harvests of wildlife by James Bay Cree hunters, including attached budgets and notes—April 1980]. [EMBARGOED]
F.7 [Cree] Trappers’ Association [Letter from Indian and Northern Affairs regarding cheque for furs—April 1974].
F.8 Cree Trappers’ Association General Assembly—Great Whale River, Québec—August 11-13, 1981 [Information program on the Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers, including copies of relevant sections of the JBNQA and Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board by-laws, annual report, audit report, and financial statement for 1979-1980].
F.9 [Copy of “The Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers—Basic Statistics, 1976-1977 to 1982-1983”—prepared for the ISP Task Force of the CRA]. – 1984. [EMBARGOED]
F.10 [Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers] Computerized Data—Annual Statistical Summaries [1975-1978]. [EMBARGOED]
F.11 [Income Security Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers]—Summary NHR Histograms and Statistics [contains statistics : fldr 1 of 2]. – n.d. [EMBARGOED]
F.12 [fldr 2 of 2]. – n.d. [EMBARGOED]
F.13 Income Security Papers [GCCQ correspondence regarding income security program; records of Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board, including various meeting minutes : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1976-1977.
F.14 [fldr 2 of 2].
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F.1 Payments List—First Payments, 1976-1977 [likely related to Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Program]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 Misc. Tabulations Sheets and Unused Tables [List of adult male ISP beneficiaries as a percentage of James Bay Cree communities]. – n.d. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 ISP Hand Tabulations—Forms [Drafts of forms listing various ISP-related metrics for James Bay Cree communities]. – n.d. [EMBARGOED]
F.4 Computer Printout for ISP Operation, 1975-1976—Retroactive Period, dated 8 July 1977 [statistics]. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 Computer Printouts for ISP Operation, 1976-1977—1. Done July 8, 1977, Large Format—2. Done January 8, 1979, Small Format [statistics : fldr 1 of 2]. [EMBARGOED]
F.6 [fldr 2 of 2]. [EMBARGOED]
F.7 Computer printout for ISP Operation, 1977-1978 [statistics]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 Computer printout for ISP Operations, 1978-1979 [statistics]. [EMBARGOED]
F.9 [Copy of “James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement Implementation Review, February 1982” by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada].
F.10 Standing Committee on Indian Affairs re: Bill C-9 [copy of “Presentation to the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs Respecting Bill C-9” by Mistissini Band Council—January 27, 1977; two copies of additional brief of GCCQ to the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs respecting Bill C-9—March 7, 1977].
F.11 [Copy of “Cree Statement to the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development—March 26, 1981—presented by Grand Chief Billy Diamond].
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F.1 [Copy of table of contents for Monograph on Fort Rupert by Environment Canada, James Bay and Northern Québec Office—1979; response to Monograph on Fort Rupert by Council of the Crees of Rupert House—February 24, 1981].
F.2 [Copy of “Report on the Implementation of the Provisions of the James Bay and Northern Québec Native Claims Settlement Act” by Hon. John C. Munro—tabled in House of Commons, November 1980; comments on the Munro report dictated by A. Penn—February/March 1981].
F.3 [Bound copy of Minutes of the Meetings (1979) of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1980.
F.4 [Bound copy of Minutes of the Meetings (1980) of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1981.
F.5 [Bound copy of Minutes of the Meetings (1981) of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – ca. 1982.
F.6 [Coil-bound copy of 1982 minutes of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1985.
F.7 [Bound copy of 1983 minutes of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1985.
F.8 [Coil-bound copy of Documents Referred to in the Minutes of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee—Year 1983 by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1985.
F.9 [Bound copy of 1984 minutes of the Coordinating Committee—Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1985.
F.10 [Coil-bound copy of Documents Referred to in the Minutes of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee—Year 1984 by Secretariat of the Committee (English and French)]. – 1985.
F.11 Social Aid Act and Regulations [Copy of Social Aid Act (Québec, 1969) and related regulations]. – 1969, 1975.
F.12 Income Security Laws/Regulations [Copies of text of various Québec regulations and related memos]. – 1976.
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F.1 [Copy of report “Income Security for Cree Hunters: Ecological, Social and Economic Effects” by Colin H. Scott and Harvey Feit for Conseil Québécois de la Recherche Sociale, Ministère des Affaires Sociales—1992].
F.2 [Draft of chapter from report “Income Security for Cree Hunters: Ecological, Social and Economic Effects” by Colin H. Scott and Harvey Feit]. – ca. 1992.
F.3 Income Security Documents—Spring ’83 to Winter ’85 [GCCQ/CRA correspondence regarding man/day limit under Income Security Program; copy of report from Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board entitled “Recommendations of the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board Respecting the Revision of the Program for Cree Hunters and Trappers”—July 1985].
F.4 Income Security Information Requirements [Various draft resolutions of CRA regarding Income Security Board statistics and Cree membership; statistics regarding Income Security Program—1976]. – ca. 1976-1979. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 Income Security Program Modifications—1980s-1988 [GCCQ/CRA records, including correspondence, guidelines, lists of proposed modifications, copies of Québec regulations].
F.6 Income Security Book—Instructions-Memo [Memo from Feit to GCCQ executive et al. regarding information book for Income Security Program—1976].
F.7 Territory Use & Transport—Mistissini, 1984 [Excerpt from report “Income Security for Cree Hunters” by Colin H. Scott and Harvey A. Feit”—1978].
F.8 Preliminary Reports on Changes Beneficiaries Want in ISP—Scott [Correspondence from Colin H. Scott and Harvey Feit regarding report on socio-economic implications of the Income Security Program for Cree hunters, trappers, and fishermen—1978].
F.9 Review ISP—1980-1981—LaRusic comments by Hutchins, Kilfoil [Correspondence related to paper from LaRusic entitled “Background Paper for a Review of the Performance of the Cree Income Security Program”]. – 1981.
F.10 [Copy of “Refining the Income Security Program: Report of the Income Security Task Force”—October 1982; briefing notes for Cree members of the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board by Peter Hutchins—September 1982].
F.11 Income Security—Consultation & Review 1986 [GCCQ/CRA correspondence; copy of letter to Grand Chief Ted Moses from Ignatius LaRusic regarding community consultation meetings about ISP modifications—February 1986].
F.12 Income Security Lists [lists of individuals from Great Whale [Whapmagoostui], Mistissini, Waswanipi, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Eastmain, and Fort George [Chisasibi] communities—1976]. [EMBARGOED]
F.13 People on Income Security Program, ’76-’77—Contains 4 separate lists. [EMBARGOED]
F.14 People on Income Security Program, ’77-78 [lists]. [EMBARGOED]
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F.1 Income Security Board [by-laws, meeting minutes, and correspondence of Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board (French and English)]. – 1978-1980.
F.2 Man-Day Position Paper from ISP board, 1982 [“Application de l’Article 48 de la Loi Sur la Sécurité du Revenu des Chasseurs et Piégeurs Cris Bénéficiaires de la Convention de la Baie James et Du Nord Québécois (L.R.Q. c. S-3.2), Ayant Trait au Nombre Maximum Autorise de 286,000 Jours/Personnes” (French)].
F.3 Man Day Expenses—Administrative [Invoices and timesheets from individuals working on projects related to Income Security Program]. – 1977.
F.4 ISP Board Resolutions. [Resolutions of Income Security Board relating to Income Security Program]. – 1976-1977.
F.5 Income Security Board—ISP [Board by-laws, organization plans, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence]. – 1978-1980.
F.6 Income Security Board meeting notes [handwritten notes from Feit, meeting minutes, correspondence]. – 1976-1977.
F.7 Income Security Legislation [copies of Québec legislation regarding income security for Cree hunters and trappers and related Income Security Board correspondence : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1977-1980.
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Sakami Lake Agreement, 1979 [copies of agreement text (French and English) and summary].
F.10 Sakami Lake Agreement—draft and documents [CRA correspondence related to agreement and copy of draft agreement text]. – 1979.
F.11 “Bilateral Agreement” SDBJ-GCCQ, 11 Nov. 1975 [Copy of agreement text].
F.12 Cree Act Negotiations—Correspondence to October 4, 1978 [Coil-bound copy of correspondence from 1976-1978 prepared by O’Reilly, Hutchins et al.].
F.13 Self-Government and the Constitution—Cree-Naskapi Act [Various discussion papers on Indigenous self-government and framework legislation by Peter Hutchins and George Richert—1984; Indian and Northern Affairs press release and notes prepared for John C. Munro regarding Cree-Naskapi Act—1984; copies of academic papers on the Canadian constitution—1982].
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Note: Oversize item from box 41, file 10 has been placed in box 72.
F.1 Offshore Islands [Unsigned copy of agreement in principle between federal government and GCCQ regarding Class I and Class II lands (JBNQA), particularly islands]. – ca. 1975.
F.2 Bill 42—NE Québec Agreement [Copies of Bill 42 (Act Approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement) (English and French); copy of Bill 32 (French)]. – 1978.
F.3 Bill 26—NE Québec Agreement [Copy (Act Respecting the Legislation Provided for in the Northeastern Québec Agreement and Amending Other Legislation)]. – 1979.
F.4 Cree-Naskapi Negotiations—1976 [Notes from meeting in April 1976; proposed terms of agreement respecting areas within Mistissini beaver reserve and Cree traplines—April 1976; related GCCQ correspondence; informational documents about Naskapi guaranteed level of harvesting—Caribou requirement].
F.5 Cree-Naskapi Act—Draft—September 1980 [Various lands texts reviewed and accepted by Drafting Group—consolidated by Hutchins et al. for Harvey Feit/GCCQ; draft copies of Act sections : fldr 1 of 2].
F.6 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.7 Draft Cree-Naskapi Act Consolidation—Prepared by Hutchins, Caron, Soroka—December 1980.
F.8 Cree Act—1979 [GCCQ/CRA correspondence and reports from Hutchins, Caron, and Trudel regarding Act; draft copies of Act from February and March : fldr 1 of 2].
F.9 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.10 Cree-Naskapi Act—Interim Working Draft [October 2, 1981].
F.11 Cree-Naskapi Act—Interim Draft [October 28, 1981].
F.12 Cree-Naskapi Papers—1981-1983 [Excerpts from drafts of Cree-Naskapi Act—1981; draft copy of “Report on Consultations Held in the Cree Communities on the Federal Interim Working Draft Dated June 26, 1981”—October 1981].
F.13 Cree-Naskapi Act—Legislation, 1983-1984 [Copies of Québec regulations related to caribou hunting and the Cree-Naskapi Act (French and English) : fldr 1 of 2].
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F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 [Copy of report “James Bay Cree/Naskapi Act—An Assessment of Its Provisions in the Light of Other Models of Indian Local Government” by David Howes for Hutchins & Soroka—August 1982].
F.3 [Package for Constitutional Conference of First Ministers on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples—Ottawa, March 8-9, 1984].
F.4 Negotiations of Labrador Inuit Association—Hunting Agreement in Québec [Minutes from meetings of Québec, Canada, Labrador Inuit Association, GCCQ, Makivik Corporation, and Naskapi Band of Québec—November-December 1985; drafts of agreement on provisions respecting Labrador Inuit harvesting in Québec—August 1985; related correspondence]. – 1985-1986.
F.5 Guaranteed Caribou Harvest Levels for Labrador Inuit—LIA [Records related to Labrador Inuit land claims, including correspondence; copies of report “Interim Guaranteed Level of Labrador Inuit Harvesting of Caribou in Québec” by Québec Native Parties’ Scientific Working Group—March 1986; proposal respecting implementation of Caribou guarantee to GCCQ by Harvey Feit—February 1986; various statistical information regarding hunting carried out by Inuit in Northern Québec—1976-1980; report summarizing meeting of Québec Native Parties’ Scientific Advisors—February 1986].
F.6 Romeo Boulanger—Responses to JBNQA [Copy of report by Boulanger entitled “Land Claims—Some Thoughts on Negotiations and Agreements between the Government of Canada and the Native Peoples”—December 1980 (French and English); copy of statement from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the Ministers of Indian Affairs and National Health and Welfare on the government’s failure to implement major provisions in the JBNQA of 11 November 1975—March 1981].
F.7 [Copy of report “Eastern Arctic Study Case Study Series: James Bay Settlement” by Anne B. McAllister—December 1982].
F.8 [Copy of report “Revue de la Mise en Application de la Convention de la Baie James et du Nord Québécois” by Group de Travail sur l’Environnement—February 1984 (French)].
F.9 [Copy of report “James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement Implementation Review” by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada—February 1982].
F.10 [Copy of “Practically Millionaires? A Report on the Implementation of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement” by Wendy Moss, National Indian Brotherhood—December 1981].
F.11 [Copy of report “The James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement: Its Design and Execution” by Alan F. Penn—1979].
F.12 [Copy of “Cree Statement to the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development”—presented by Grand Chief Billy Diamond (GCCQ) on March 26, 1981].
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F.1 [Copy of magazine Québec Chasse & Pêche (May 1977, Vol. 6, No. 8) in which appears an article entitled “L’Entente avec les Autochtones: Menace-t-Elle Notre Faune?” by André Y. Croteau; English translation of article by Alan Penn—May 1977].
F.2 Lévesque, René—1977-1978 Responses to Native Rights [Clippings from The Native Perspective magazine regarding René Lévesque’s stated positions on Indigenous rights in Québec].
F.3 [Copy of OVO Magazine dedicated to the James Bay Workers (1979, No. 33)].
F.4 Social Science Commentaries [Memos from Fikret Berkes to GCCQ/CRA-affiliated individuals regarding harvesting matters in Chisasibi—June 1981 and September 1982].
F.5 Documents from 1981-1982—Lobbying [News and magazine clippings and copies of academic articles regarding Cree activism and JBNQA implementation issues—includes GCCQ reprint of Maclean’s article on Chief Billy Diamond (June 1, 1981)].
F.6 Critiques [News clippings regarding Romeo Boulanger’s memo “Some Thoughts on Negotiations and Agreements between the Government of Canada and the Native Peoples”; various reports on government failures to implement JBNQA; copy of Cree brief to the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on health, welfare, and social affairs—May 1981; copy of statement from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development on government’s failure to implement JBNQA—March 1981; full Maclean’s issue featuring article on Chief Billy Diamond (June 1, 1981)].
F.7 Hydro Project [News clippings, various magazines, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada press releases on JBNQA implementation (French and English)]. – 1981-1982.
F.8 [Course outlines from Peter W. Hutchins: Native Land Tenure—Aboriginal Title and Contemporary Systems; Native People and the Law—Selected Topics]. – 1980.
F.9 [Management Focus issue (July/August 1980) featuring article about James Bay Cree peoples].
F.10 Comments on Agreement—Cree [Issue of Up to the Neck/Action (April 1975, Vol. 8, No. 3) with article about JBNQA; clipping from Native Press (November 1974) regarding JBNQA; various statements and letters from IQA critiquing/opposing JBNQA]. – 1974-1975.
F.11 [Copy of Cree brief to the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on health, welfare, and social affairs—May 1981; copy of report “James Bay Crees’ Health Crisis: Legal Perspectives”—March 20, 1981].
F.12 Documents Related to Medical Crises and Court Action, 1980 [Documents related to gastroenteritis outbreak in Rupert House [Waskaganish], Nemaska, and Mistissini, including: press releases and statements from GCCQ/CRA; medical team report for Mission to Fort Rupert, August 15, 1980; budget summary for short-term solutions to crisis, including water purification and treatment—Fall 1980; resolution of CRA; copy of writ of summons in Québec Superior Court for GCCQ et al. vs. Québec provincial government—September 1980]. [EMBARGOED]
F.13 [The Archivist issue (November-December 1989, Vol. 16, No. 6) on “Indian Treaties”].
F.14 [Photocopies of various news articles about James Bay Cree peoples and JBNQA]. – 1981-1982.
F.15 [Issue of Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples Bulletin (December 1975, Vol. 16, No. 4) on JBNQA].
F.16 [Issue of Rétrospection: Document de Presse on James Bay, January-December 1977 (1979, vol. 1, no. 2) by Québec Ministère des Communications Centre de Documentation (French)].
F.17 Comments on JBNQA [Assorted news and magazine clippings : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1974-1981.
F.18 [fldr 2 of 2].
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F.1 James Bay Research—Laval University [Includes copies of academic papers and outlines of project phases (French)]. – ca. 1974-1975.
F.2 Ethnohistorical Research Questionnaire, 1984—Consulting Services in Social Sciences, Development, and Culture Change [Correspondence related to Québec Ministère des Affaires Culturelles’ requested assessment of ethnohistorical research undertaken on Indigenous peoples in Québec; copy of Feit’s completed assessment questionnaire].
F.3 Social Science Research Council Workshop on Public Land Use, 1975 [Feit’s notes, related correspondence, and copies of papers].
F.4 [GCCQ briefing documents on health crises amongst James Bay Cree communities in Northern Québec, including medical field reports, statements and minutes from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indian Affairs, Québec government environmental reports, and news and magazine clippings : fldr 1 of 3]. – 1975-1981.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 3].
F.6 [fldr 3 of 3].
F.7 [Text of Cree (GCCQ) brief to the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Health, Welfare, and Social Affairs, May 19, 1981 and related GCCQ correspondence and position statements : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1981.
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 [Copy of report “Le Processus Décisionnel dans la Conception et la Réalisation du Développement Nordique au Canada—Un Cas D’Espèce: La Baie de James” by Eric Gourdeau et al. on behalf of the Science Council of Canada – December 1974 (French)].
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F.1 [Copy of “Guidelines: Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Great Whale River Hydroelectric Project” by Evaluating Committee, Kativik Environmental Quality Commission, Federal Review Committee North of the 55th Parallel, and Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel; copy of appendices to the Guidelines]. – 1992.
F.2 [Copy of report “Poste-de-la-Baleine after the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement” by Elisabeth Boulet and Jo Ann Gagnon on behalf of James Bay and Northern Québec Office, Environment Canada (French and English)]. – 1979.
F.3 [Copy of paper “Les Politiques et les Pratiques Sociosanitaires chez les Autochtones du Grand Nord Québécois” by Marc-Adélard Tremblay, with assistance from Charlotte Poirier—given at Deuxième Colloque Québec-Russie Sur Les Peuples du Nord, July-August 1990].
F.4 [Text of minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development—issue no. 28, April 9, 1981 (French and English)].
F.5 [Copy of report “The James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement: Ten Years of Disagreement” by Makivik Corporation, November 1985].
F.6 [Issue no. 45 of Nordicana, entitled “Le Régime de Chasse, de Pêche et de Trappage et les Conventions du Québec Nordique” by Jo Ann Gagnon, Centre d’Etudes Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec]. – 1982.
F.7 Gagnon, Joann—1980—Draft Master’s Thesis on JBNQA HFT Regime [copy of thesis and outline (French)].
F.8 [Copy of “The James Bay Agreement in 1982: A Report on Its Implementation—First Draft” by Wendy L. Moss—September 1982].
F.9 Northern Québec [Draft of report “Sharing Wildlife Management Responsibilities with Native Groups: Case Histories in Northern Québec” by C.A. Drolet et al.]. – n.d.
F.10 [Copy of pamphlet on La Grande Complex by James Bay Energy Corporation—June 1973].
F.11 [Copy of report “Mercury in Canadian Fish and Wildlife Used in the Diets of Native Peoples” by P. Desai-Greenaway and I.M. Price for Toxic Chemicals Division, Canadian Wildlife Service—1976].
F.12 [Copy of report “Projet de Développement de Petites Industries Commerciales afin d’Aider les Indiens de Fort-Georges” by René Samson, Service Administratif Canadien Outre-Mer—May 1972 (French)].
F.13 [Copy of “Summary Report on the Subsistence Issue in Alaska” by Taylor Brelsford, McGill University—February 1980].
F.14 [Copy of report “Average Animal Weights and Utilization” by R. Cuciurean for Dr. D. Damas—July 1974].
F.15 [Copy of report “Amerindian Occupation of the La Grande-Kanaaupscow River Study Area (LG-2 Reservoir) within a Framework of Animal Resource Potential Map Analysis” by James V. Chism et al. for Québec Archaeological and Ethnological Service, Department of Cultural Affairs—December 1977].
F.16 [Copy of report “Écologie des Eaux Douces du Territoire de la Baie James” by E. Magnin for Société d’Énergie de la Baie James (AKA JBDC)—1977 (French); copy of “Écologie des Eaux Douces du Territoire de la Baie James—Errata”—January 1980].
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F.1 [Draft of “Report: James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement Implementation Review” by John Tait for GCCQ (also known as “Tait Report”)—February 23, 1982 (English); short summary of Tait Report and comments by Fred Georgekish—August 1981].
F.2 Media Coverage—Assorted [April 1976 issue of North Nord magazine; Vol. 100, no. 1 (January 1974) of Canadian Churchman newspaper].
F.3 [Assorted news and magazine articles related to JBNQA and activism by Indigenous peoples around the world—1974-1981 (French and English) : fldr 1 of 2].
F.4 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.5 James Bay Project in Press and Publicity [Various news and magazine clippings]. – ca. 1973-1974.
F.6 Clippings 1974 [news].
F.7 [News clippings, 1975-1977].
F.8 [News and magazine clippings on Indigenous issues, 1985-1990].
F.9 News Coverage—JBNQA [Copy of article in vol. 3, issue 9 (1974) of Inuit Monthly (Inuktitut and English)].
F.10 [English copy of report “Negotiating a Way of Life: Initial Cree Experience with the Administrative Structure Arising from the James Bay Agreement” by Ignatius E. La Rusic et al. for Indian and Northern Affairs—October 1979].
F.11 [French copy of report “Negotiating a Way of Life: Initial Cree Experience with the Administrative Structure Arising from the James Bay Agreement” by Ignatius E. La Rusic et al. for Indian and Northern Affairs—October 1979].
F.12 [Copy of GCCQ/CRA report “Environmental-Economic and Social Issues Related to the James Bay Phase II Project”; CRA memos and correspondence regarding Great Whale hydroelectric project]. – ca. 1980-1982.
F.13 NBR/GWR Negotiations [Records related to NBR and Great Whale River hydroelectric projects, including: statistical information about traplines affected by GWR project; memos to NBR-GWR-La Grande Phase II Negotiation Team; correspondence; notes; meeting minutes (French and English)]. – 1979-1980. [EMBARGOED]
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F.1 NBR/GWR Negotiations [GCCQ records related to NBR/GWR negotiations, including: correspondence; meeting agendas and minutes (NBR-GWR-La Grande Phase II Coordination Table); various reports : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1978-1980.
F.2 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.3 [NBR-GWR-La Grande Phase II hydroelectric project negotiation documents, including: meeting minutes of various sub-committees, hydroelectric project outlines, memos]. – 1979-1980.
F.4 [NBR/GWR negotiating records, including: reports from NBR-GWR Negotiating Committee; GCCQ correspondence; minutes and reports from other sub-committees : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1979-1980.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.6 “Shopping Lists” for Great Whale River Complex [GCCQ proposed negotiating list—June 1980; various reports and correspondence to GCCQ on GWR negotiations]. – 1980.
F.7 GCCQ Internal Strategy Meeting—NBR/GWR-LG Phase II—Val d’Or, Dec. 3 & 4 [Packet for meeting, including: list of Cree negotiations representatives; correspondence; GCCQ reports; Cree Forestry Sub-Committee terms of reference, statistics report, and report on forestry operations; negotiations budget]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 Great Whale Project—Cree Responses on Project Alternatives [Response papers; notes]. – 1981.
F.9 [Draft of “Commentaries of the Cree representatives to the Review Committee (COPEX) concerning Hydro-Québec’s policy statement regarding employment of native people and the awarding of contracts to native entrepreneurs in the context of the constructions and of the operation of the Great Whale River Hydro-Electric Complex”—June 1981].
F.10 Great Whale River—Responses to Impact Statement on Access [GCCQ/Cree community correspondence regarding Cree responses to Hydro-Québec report on access strategies for Great Whale hydroelectric project : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1980.
Box 48
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 O’Reilly report on JB Project—July 1972 [Correspondence and reports containing recommendations of Review Committee on various aspects of Hydro-Québec’s Great Whale project]. – 1981.
F.3 Proposed Recommendations for Review Committee Response to Preliminary Impact Assessment of Access to Great Whale River [Drafts of report by Harvey Feit]. – 1980.
F.4 Evaluating Committee Recommendations on Great Whale River [GCCQ/CRA correspondence; related reports]. – 1979-1980.
F.5 Final Recommendations Concerning Revisions to HQ [Hydro-Québec] GWR [Great Whale River] Access Preliminary Impact Statement [Correspondence; copies of final comments and recommendations (French and English)]. – 1980-1981.
F.6 HQ [Hydro-Québec] Preliminary IAs [impact assessments] on Water Supply to GWR [Great Whale River]—documents and commentaries [drafts of recommendations]. – 1980-1981.
F.7 Great Whale River—Responses on Water Supply [GCCQ correspondence regarding review of Hydro-Québec’s preliminary impact assessment statement on the water supply for Great Whale River]. – 1979-1980.
F.8 GWR [Great Whale River] Project—Recommendations and Comments and Decisions on Project Variants [Review Committee recommendations; correspondence]. – 1981.
F.9 Responses to NBR/GWR Directives for Impact Statements [Various reports and correspondence, including “Analyse Générale du Rapport du Comité d’Évaluation en Vue du Rapport Préliminaire des Répercussions du Complexe NBR”—1980 (French)].
F.10 [Correspondence from GCCQ and Harvey Feit regarding impact assessment procedure for Great Whale River hydro-electric project; report from CRA entitled “Great Whale Hydro-Electric Project: Directives for the Detailed Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Project Variants”]. – 1981.
F.11 Great Whale River Access—Preliminary Impact Statement [Correspondence from Hydro-Québec and Québec government]. – 1980.
F.12 NBR—Preliminary Impact Assessment [Memos regarding Cree land use survey related to NBR territory—1979; copy of Evaluating Committee recommendations regarding NBR project preliminary impact assessment; copy of federal government report on NBR project; GCCQ correspondence : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1979.
Box 49
F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 NBR Environmental Impact Assessment [GCCQ correspondence; CREST correspondence; minutes of Cree community meetings regarding NBR project : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1977-1979.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 NBR—Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Procedures [Various memos; correspondence; Evaluating Committee recommendations]. – 1979.
F.5 Environmental Impact Assessment—Great Whale—General File, Background Documents. – 1978-1979.
F.6 GWR—Access—Recommendations—Directors’ Decisions [Correspondence; copy of recommendations of the Review Committee re: preliminary report on access to the Great Whale River project (French)]. – 1981.
F.7 Variantes Grande Baleine Copex [Correspondence regarding project variants of the Great Whale hydro-electric scheme. – 1979-1981.
F.8 Copex [Review Committee records, including copy of by-law respecting internal management, correspondence, and agendas]. – 1980-1981.
F.9 [Copy of “Guidelines: Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Great Whale River Hydroelectric Project” and associated appendices by Evaluating Committee et al.]. – 1992.
F.10 Hydro Project Docs [Copies of various reports on Great Whale River development variants (French and English)]. – 1981.
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F.1 Drafts—Reply to—Great Whale River [Project] Hydro-Québec Preliminary Statements [Review Committee recommendations; notes from Feit]. – 1980.
F.2 Directive Préliminaire D’Étude Finale des Volumes 1+2 [Complexe Grande Baleine] [Copies of reports by Evaluating Committee et al. and Hydro-Québec on GWR project : fldr 1 of 2]. 1980-1981.
F.3 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.4 Documents Related to Access Studies—Great Whale River [Summary of Hydro-Québec’s “consultation document” on general access to Great Whale Complex; summary of Hydro-Québec meetings related to consultation document]. – 1978.
F.5 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment--Community Consultation: Final Report for Chisasibi and Whapmagoostui—Volume 1 by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994].
F.6 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Original Consultation Data for Chisasibi—Volume 2, Part One of Three (Interviews C1 to C22) by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.7 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Original Consultation Data for Chisasibi—Volume 2, Part Two of Three (Interviews C23 to C49) by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Original Consultation Data for Chisasibi—Volume 2, Part Three of Three (Interviews C50 to C66) by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
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F.1 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Original Consultation Data for Whapmagoostui—Volume 3, Part One of Two (Interviews W1 to W46) by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Original Consultation Data for Whapmagoostui—Volume 3, Part Two of Two (Interviews W47 to W68) by Douglas Nakashima and Marie Roué for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Final Report for Wemindji and Eastmain—Part A by Colin Scott and Kreg Ettenger for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.4 [Great Whale Environmental Assessment—Community Consultation: Final Report for Wemindji and Eastmain—Part B by Colin Scott and Kreg Ettenger for GCCQ/CRA—Contract given by Hydro-Québec—August 1994]. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 [Études sur L’Environnement—Territoire de la Baie James—Rapport Synthèse 1972-1979—par Membres du Comité de Coordination de l’Entente for SDBJ/Environnement Canada (French)]. – ca. 1979.
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F.1 [Études sur L’Environnement—Territoire de la Baie James—Année Financière 1976-1977—par Membres du Comité de Coordination de l’Entente for SDBJ/Environnement Canada (French)]. – ca. 1977.
F.2 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Summary—Feasibility Study by Hydro-Québec—August 1993].
F.3 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Report on the Consultation Pursuant to the Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Statement by Hydro-Québec—August 1993].
F.4 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Part 2: Hydroelectric Complex—Book 2: Description of Environment—Volume 3: Human Environment—Feasibility Study by Hydro-Québec—August 1993].
F.5 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Part 2: Hydroelectric Complex—Book 5: Assessment of Impacts—Volume 3: Impacts on Human Environment—Feasibility Study by Hydro-Québec—August 1993].
F.6 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Part 2: Hydroelectric Complex—Book 6: Mercury—Feasibility Study by Hydro-Québec—August 1993].
F.7 [Grande-Baleine Complex—Part 7: Communication—Feasibility Study by Hydro-Québec—August 1993]
F.8 [Les Enjeux Sociaux du Projet de la Baie James—Volume 1—Bibliographie Compréhensive by Carole Levesque for Hydro-Québec—September 1988].
Box 53
JBNQA AIP NHR Records
F.1 [Intégration des Études Sectorielles et Préparation du Rapport D’Impact sur L’Environnement : Complexe de la Grande Rivière de la Baleine—L’Agglomération de Poste-de-la-Baleine—report by Hydro-Québec Direction Environnement—February 1979].
F.2 CRA working up of NHR Data [Correspondence regarding hunting data collected by Native Harvesting Research Committee]. – 1979-1980.
F.3 Comparison of Diaries and Questionnaires [Hunting data for unidentified project, likely of Native Harvesting Research Committee]. – n.d. [EMBARGOED]
F.4 Correspondence with Chiefs re: Special Requests [Letters to and from Feit representing GCCQ on Native Harvesting Research Committee regarding special requests for data]. – 1978-1979.
F.5 Trapline Data on Selected Species [Native Harvesting Research Committee data]. – ca. 1979. [EMBARGOED]
F.6 Questionnaire—Maps [Native Harvesting Research Committee questionnaire for Cree hunter sample and affiliated maps]. – ca. 1978. [EMBARGOED]
F.7 Sankoff’s Report [Report by Dr. D. Sankoff on James Bay fish and game harvest data, related correspondence]. – 1982. [EMBARGOED]
F.8 Steiger’s Follow-Up Study [Report by Dr. William L. Steiger on NHR proportional projection methodology]. – 1981.
F.9 Scott/NHR Comparison Report [Report from Colin H. Scott on NHR data]. – 1981.
F.10 Tables + Back-up for Scott/NHR Comparison. – 1981. [EMBARGOED]
F.11 Berkes Studies [Report from Fikret Berkes on NHR study data]. – 1981.
F.12 NBR Harvesting Study—CREST [Report from Fikret Berkes et al. regarding impacts of NBR project on animal harvests; correspondence to CREST related to report]. – 1978.
F.13 Pelt Classifications by Community [for Great Whale [Whapmagoostui], Fort George [Chisasibi], Eastmain, Rupert House [Waskaganish], Mistissini, and Nemaska from Ministère du Tourisme, de la Chasse et de la Pêche—Division des Fourrures, Québec]. – 1964-1974. [EMBARGOED]
F.14 Pelt Classifications—Worked Up. – ca. 1974-1975. [EMBARGOED]
F.15 Comparative Statement of Royalty + Value of Wild Furs—MTCP 12 [from Ministère du Tourisme, de la Chasse et de la Pêche—Division des Fourrures, Québec]. – ca. 1970-1975.
F.16 Québec Fur Service, Correspondence [to and from Harvey Feit on behalf of GCCQ]. – 1974-1975.
F.17 Fur Bearer Results + Discussion Sections [Excerpts from and data related to unidentified report, possibly by Feit]. – ca. 1979-1980. [EMBARGOED]
F.18 Coordinating Committee—Fur Bearer Harvests and Fur Pelt Sales [Drafts of possible Cree responses to Québec’s “Comments on the Statistics Concerning the Harvesting and Sale of Furs”]. – 1980. [EMBARGOED]
F.19 Native Harvesting at Coordinating Committee [Draft letter to Chairman of Coordinating Committee from Chairman NHRC]. – 1979.
F.20 Comments on and Uses of NHR Data on Fur Bearers. – [Correspondence and Liste des Commerçants de Fourrures Licencies de la Province, 1975-1976 (Government du Québec Ministère du Tourisme, de la Chasse et de la Pêche—Division des Fourrures)]. -- ca. 1975-1979. [EMBARGOED]
F.21 Beaver Data, ’76-77 [Sales in Great Whale, possibly by HBC/MTCP]. [EMBARGOED]
F.22 [Data on hunting in James Bay Cree communities, 1977-1979]. [EMBARGOED]
F.23 Fur Sales, ’76-77 [for James Bay Cree communities from Ministère du Tourisme, de la Chasse et de la Pêche—Division des Fourrures]. – 1975-1977. [EMBARGOED]
F.24 MTCP Fur Sales ’75-76. [EMBARGOED]
Box 54 [ENTIRE BOX EMBARGOED]
JBNQA AIP NHR Records
F.1 MTCP Fur Sales & Harvest Comparison [Data for 1972-1977].
F.2 Beaver Fur Sales Restudy [Data]. – ca. 1975-1979.
F.3 Checks (Jane) Compared—Jan. ’75 Figures [Community totals—beaver checks—1974-1975].
F.4 1977-78 Fur Sales: Beaver & Other Fur.
F.5 1978-79—Beaver & Other Fur: Kills and Sales—Raw Data.
F.6 Fur Bearer Tables [Estimated fur-bearer harvests by species, community, and year from 1972-1977 and related tables].
F.7 Phase II, Yr. I—Beaver Pelts Reported, Sold by Q [Various data]. – 1979.
F.8 ’75-76—Beaver Study Original Questionnaire—Tables Type 1 & 2 [Lists of Cree hunters].
F.9 1976-77 Fur [Hunting and sales data].
F.10 HBC Beaver Sales—’75-76 [Data].
F.11 “Other” Beaver Sales Data Revised—Table 6 (Question 7) [Data, 1975-1976].
F.12 Beaver Checks (Susan) Compared August 15/75 Figures [Data, ca. 1974-1975].
F.13 Final Beaver Table ’75-76—Table 7 [Data].
F.14 Beaver Pelt Re-study—Table Type 3—’75-76 [Data and lists of Cree hunters].
F.15 Copies of Fur Tables [Data]. – ca. 1975-1976.
F.16 Beaver Pelts—June 13, 1977 [Data].
F.17 Beaver Pelts Given—Table Type 4, 1975-1976 [Data].
F.18 SOTRAC Trapping Out Project—1977-78 [Complete questionnaires and lists of trappers].
F.19 Draft—Comparison NHR-MTCP [Handwritten draft of report appendix “An Examination of the Comparability of Research Data on Fur-bearer Harvests and Fur Pelt Sales, with Government Statistics on the Commercial Sales of Fur Pelts”]. – n.d.
F.20 Furbearers [MTCP data and correspondence; copies of HFT Coordinating Committee resolutions]. – ca. 1975-1978.
F.21 Beaver Pelts [Data]. – 1974-1977.
F.22 Discrepancies with NHR/MTCP Data [Notes from Feit; various data; copies of academic papers]. – ca. 1979.
F.23 NHR & MTCP Fur Pelt Sales Statistics [Native Harvesting Research Committee documents, including interview sheets, various data, and correspondence]. – ca. 1975-1979.
Box 55 [ENTIRE BOX EMBARGOED, EXCLUDING FILE 3]
JBNQA AIP NHR Records
F.1 General Writing—Notes [Native Harvesting Research Committee documents, including research questionnaires, various data]. – ca. 1975-1976.
F.2 Rupert House [Waskaganish] Beaver Restudy—1975-1976 [Interview notes and data from project].
F.3 Cree—Std. Adult & Baby Talk (by Adults)—Vocabulary—Linda Jones [Vocabulary sheet]. – n.d.
F.4 Key Codes—Phase I [Lists of individuals]. – n.d.
F.5 Interviewees—Keys—1976-1977 [McGill Computing Centre coding forms]. – ca. 1977.
F.6 NHR 1975-1976: Final Computer Printout with Nemaska [data : fldr 1 of 2].
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 NHR 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75 (Phase I): Final Summary Computer Printout with Nemaska [data : fldr 1 of 2].
F.9 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.10 NHR 1977-78: Final Computer Printout with Nemaska [data].
F.11 NHR 1976-77: Final Computer Printout with Nemaska [data].
F.12 NHR 1978-79: Final Computer Printout with Nemaska [data].
F.13 [Data printout]. – n.d.
Box 56 [ENTIRE BOX EMBARGOED]
JBNQA AIP NHR Records
F.1 [Data printout 2 : fldr 1 of 2]. – n.d.
F.2 [Data printout 2 : fldr 2 of 2]. – n.d.
F.3 1976-77 Card Listing—printed March 3, ’78, McGill University, Montréal [data].
F.4 NHR 1978-79—Card Listing—NHR # [data].
F.5 [Data printout 3 : fldr 1 of 4]. – n.d.
F.6 [Data printout 3 : fldr 2 of 4]. – n.d.
F.7 [Data printout 3 : fldr 3 of 4]. – n.d.
F.8 [Data printout 3 : fldr 4 of 4]. – n.d.
F.9 [Data printout 4 : fldr 1 of 3]. – ca. 1972.
Box 57
JBNQA NHR Records
F.1 [Data printout 4 : fldr 2 of 3]. – ca. 1972. [EMBARGOED]
F.2 [Data printout 4 : fldr 3 of 3]. – ca. 1972. [EMBARGOED]
F.3 [Research to Establish Present Levels of Harvesting by Native Peoples of Northern Québec—Part I: A Report on the Harvests by the James Bay Cree by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1976 (bound)].
F.4 [Appendices for Research to Establish Present Levels of Harvesting by Native Peoples of Northern Québec—Part I: A Report on the Harvests by the James Bay Cree by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1976 (bound)].
F.5 [Preliminary edition of Research to Establish Present Levels of Harvesting by Native Peoples of Northern Québec—Part I: A Report on the Harvests by the James Bay Cree by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1976 (coil bound)].
F.6 [Preliminary edition of Appendices for Research to Establish Present Levels of Harvesting by Native Peoples of Northern Québec—Part I: A Report on the Harvests by the James Bay Cree by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1976 (coil bound)].
Box 58
JBNQA NHR Records
F.1 [Research to Establish Present Levels of Harvesting by Native Peoples of Northern Québec—Part II: A Report on the Harvests by the Inuit of Northern Québec by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, n.d. (coil bound)].
F.2 [Recoltes par les Cris de la Baie James 1976-77—Troisième Rapport d’Étape (Phase II, Année 2): Recherche pour Établir les Niveaux Actuels de Récolte par les Autochtones du Nord Québécois by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1979 (French) (coil bound)].
F.3 [The Wealth of the Land—Wildlife Harvests by the James Bay Cree, 1972-73 to 1978-79: Final Report on Cree Harvests of the Research to Establish Present Levels of Native Harvesting by James Bay and Northern Québec Native Harvesting Research Committee, 1982 (coil bound)].
Box 59
Forestry Court Case (Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al., 2001 and others)
F.1 Chevrette’s Letter to Cree[s] Linking Court Case & Social Benefits [Text of letter from Guy Chevrette, Québec Minister delegated to Aboriginal Affairs on February 10, 1999 and response from GCCQ Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come, n.d.].
F.2 [Copy of particularized, updated, and amended declaration incorporating particulars furnished by plaintiffs on March 12, 2001 in Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al. (Superior Court of Québec)]. – 14 August 2001.
F.3 List of Forestry Court Exhibits [3 lists]. – 2001.
F.4 Forestry Ruling [Summary of Québec Superior Court judgement rendered on December 20, 1999; unofficial English translation of judgement from December 20, 1999; copy of motion for interlocutory injunction dated July 28, 1999; unofficial English translation of Québec Superior Court judgement from March 8, 2000].
F.5 Exhibits List and Concordance. – ca. 2001.
F.6 Québec Forestry Changes, 2002 [Tomorrow’s Forests issue (Winter 2002) with article on Québec Integration Project].
F.7 CCCQ Forestry Intervention—International Trade—U.S. Department of Commerce Hearings [Supplementary information documents from Natural Resources Defense Council et al. to U.S. Department of Commerce pertaining to Investigation C-122-839 before International Trade Administration U.S. Department of Commerce et al.]. – May-June 2001.
F.8 Forestry Trade—U.S. Submission of Crees—2000 [Text of brief from GCCQ to Office of the United States Trade Representative entitled “Forestry and Trade: The Social and Environmental Impacts on the Cree People of James Bay”]. – April 2000.
F.9 [Copy of declaration from February 9, 1998 (Superior Court of Québec) in Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al.].
F.10 [Copy of motion for interlocutory injunctions and other provisional remedies in Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al. (Superior Court of Québec)—July 8, 1999].
F.11 [Copy 2 of particularized, updated, and amended declaration incorporating particulars furnished by plaintiffs on March 12, 2001 in Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al. (Superior Court of Québec)]. – 14 August 2001.
F.12 [Exhibit lists for Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al. (Superior Court of Québec): 14 August, 2001; 6 July 1999].
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Forestry Court Case (Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al., 2001)
F.1 [Exhibits submitted by plaintiffs on 6 July 1999 (“R” series); additional exhibits for case, ca. 1997-2001 : fldr 1 of 14].
F.2 [fldr 2 of 14].
F.3 [fldr 3 of 14].
F.4 [fldr 4 of 14].
F.5 [fldr 5 of 14].
F.6 [fldr 6 of 14].
F.7 [fldr 7 of 14].
F.8 [fldr 8 of 14].
F.9 [fldr 9 of 14].
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Forestry Court Case (Mario Lord et al. v. Attorney General of Québec et al., 2001)
F.1 [fldr 10 of 14].
F.2 [fldr 11 of 14].
F.3 [fldr 12 of 14].
F.4 [fldr 13 of 14].
F.5 [fldr 14 of 14].
Box 61 [cont.]
GCCQ Documents
F.6 [Memo regarding Waswanipi General Meeting—September 7-8, 1974; typed and handwritten transcripts of comments from Peter Gull, Abel Kitchen, Philip Awashish at meeting].
F.7 [Waswanipi Confirmation Meetings Dec. 16, 1975/September 7-8, 1974 [typed and handwritten transcripts of comments from Peter Gull].
F.8 [GCCQ/CRA annual report, 2012-2013].
F.9 [GCCQ/CRA annual report, 2011-2012].
F.10 [GCCQ/CRA annual report, 2001-2002].
F.11 [GCCQ/CRA annual report, 1999-2000].
F.12 [Cree Hunters and Trappers f Board annual report, 1998-1999].
F.13 CRA Annual General Assembly—Band Workshops—Mistissini, Québec, 1979 [workshop book].
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F.1 CRA Category I Location—Benefits, Costs, Suitability, August 1981 [report].
F.2 Report on the Activities of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Coordinating Committee, 1979-1980 [submitted by Philip Awashish, July 1980].
F.3 Cree Regional Authority Minutes, Resolutions, By-laws, Executive Committee Resolutions—1980 Annual General Assembly, Waswanipi, Québec.
F.4 GCCQ Planning, Budgeting, and Implementation Process [Various memos from Billy Diamond on budgeting—1977; workbook from 3-day session on planning, budgeting, and implementation process—ca. 1977]. [EMBARGOED]
F.5 GCCQ Minutes & Resolutions—Board of Directors, Executive Committee—1980 Annual General Assembly, Waswanipi, Québec.
F.6 GCCQ Board of Directors’ Resolutions [Numbers 166-215]. – 1977-1978.
F.7 Traditional Pursuits—H. Mianscum [Progress reports to CRA from various committees and working groups]. – 1980.
F.8 [Report of the GCCQ Special General Assembly, February 20-24, 1978, Fort George [Chisasibi], Québec].
F.9 [Report on Nemaska Band Consult, Doethawagan, ‘77].
Series 4
Files on Legal Claims of Indigenous Peoples (Non-Eeyou). – 1973-1992. – 0.91 m of textual records.
The series consists of Feit’s files related to the legal claims of non-Eeyou Indigenous peoples, particularly in Canada. Additionally, some records are related to Feit’s commentary—often in the form of reports and correspondence—on various income support programs for Indigenous hunters and trappers. Feit offered commentary to Tungavik Federation of Nunavut and the Dene-Métis Negotiations Secretariat in 1985 and 1984, respectively.
Records are arranged in their received order. Documentary forms include: factums for various court cases; academic papers; news clippings; newsletters and reports from various organizations; reports and correspondence from Feit.
Box 63
F.1 [Factum of the Intervenor—National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations in Delgamuukw et al. vs. British Columbia]. – 27 November 1991.
F.2 [Supplementary Factum of Intervenor—National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations in Delgamuukw et al. vs. British Columbia]. – 25 April 1992.
F.3 B.C. Land Claims [Academic papers, newspaper articles, UBCIC educational bulletins related to Indigenous peoples’ activism around land claims in B.C.; information package for UBCIC Chiefs’ Council Meeting, May 13-15, 1980; copy of judgement in Delgamuukw et al. vs. British Columbia—March 10, 1994 : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1980-1994.
F.4 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.5 [Reasons for judgment—Delgamuukw et al. vs. British Columbia]. – 8 March 1991.
F.6 Alaskan Land Claims [Clippings and article from Law Review 51]. – ca. 1975-1986.
F.7 Alaska Subsistence [Various academic reports : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1980-1984.
F.8 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.9 Alaska Native Review Commission [Papers; articles by and about : fldr 1 of 2]. – 1984.
F.10 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.11 Papers Prepared for Overview Roundtable Discussions—Alaska Native Review Commission—February 27-March 16, 1984, Anchorage, Alaska [Copies of four papers bound together]. – 1984.
F.12 Summary Report on the Overview Roundtable Discussion of the Alaska Native Review Commission—February 27-March 16, 1984 in Anchorage, Alaska.
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F.1 Transcript of Proceedings—Roundtable Discussions, Volume XV—Subsistence—October 10, 1984 [Alaska Native Review Commission].
F.2 Transcript of Proceedings—Roundtable Discussions, Volume XVI—Subsistence—October 11, 1984 [Alaska Native Review Commission].
F.3 Transcript of Proceedings—Roundtable Discussions, Volume XVII—Subsistence—October 12, 1984 [Alaska Native Review Commission].
F.4 Transcript of Proceedings—Roundtable Discussions, Volume XVIII—Subsistence—October 13, 1984 [Alaska Native Review Commission].
F.5 Northern Ontario Land Claims and Protests [News and magazine clippings; the Royal Commission on the Northern Environment—Interim Report & Recommendations (1978)]. – ca. 1974-1978.
F.6 Northern Ontario [News clippings, position papers, declarations, and memos related to Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Treaty #9]. – ca. 1974-1983.
F.7 Temagami [Factum of the Intervenor in Ontario (Attorney General) vs. Bear Island Foundation (1991) (Supreme Court of Canada); Factum of the Intervenor in Her Majesty the Queen vs. Elizabeth Vincent et al. (1992) (Court of Appeal for Ontario)].
F.8 Temagami Case 1984 [Reasons for Judgment in Ontario (Attorney General) vs. Bear Island Foundation (1984) (Supreme Court of Ontario)].
F.9 Oka Indian Land Claim—submitted to the Government of Canada—June 1977 [fldr 1 of 2].
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F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 [“The Historical Development of the Indian Act”—report of Policy, Planning, and Research Branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, January 1975].
F.3 Claims—General [Various reports and news clippings]. – ca. 1974-1984.
F.4 COPE [Committee for Original Peoples’ Entitlement] Land Claim [Reports, press releases, and news clippings related to Inuvialuit Final Agreement; various sections from Inuvialuit Final Agreement]. – ca. 1978-1984.
F.5 Dene Land Claims [Text of conference presentation; Dene Statement of Rights (1975); “Proposal for a Land Use and Occupancy Study in Support of Land Claims”—submitted by the Indian Brotherhood of the N.W.T. (n.d.); notes for speech by James J. Wah-Shee, President of the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, to National Conference of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union (September 15, 1975); news clippings]. – ca. 1975-1978.
F.6 Dene Support [Various newsletters and reports, including newsletters from Dene Southern Support Group]. – ca. 1976-1977.
F.7 Dene Economy & History [Copy of “The Dene Economy” by Michael Asch, included in Dene Nation—The Colony Within (University of Toronto Press, 1977)].
F.8 Yukon Land Claims [News clipping; copy of federal government working paper on Yukon land claims (March 1975)].
F.9 Métis and Non-Status Land Claims [News clipping; issue of Forgotten People by Native Council of Canada (vol. 7, no. 5)]. – 1983.
F.10 Montagnais-Atikamekw Land Claims [Magazine clipping, position statement from Montagnais Naskapi of Labrador-Ungava (1977)].
F.11 Labrador Land Claims Documents [Various documents from the Labrador Inuit Association, including statement of claim presented to Government of Canada (1984), AGM reports, press releases, and various resolutions; news clippings and academic articles : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1979-1984.
F.12 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.13 Inuit Land Claims Documents [Reports and summaries]. – ca. 1983-1985.
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F.1 Inuit Land Claims [Newsletters and reports related to Nunavut and AIP between Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and Government of Canada (1976)]. – ca. 1975-1976, 1990.
F.2 Baker Lake vs. DINA Federal Court Ruling [Reasons for judgment in Hamlet of Baker Lake et al. vs. Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development et al. (1979, Federal Court of Canada)].
F.3 [Text of paper by Bruce Cox on Dene Nation peoples in Hay River, Northwest Territories]. – n.d.
F.4 NWT Harvest Data [Kitikmeot Harvest Study: Interim Report—Department of Renewable Resources and Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Association—1983 (unpublished)].
F.5 [“A Report from the Native Groups of the Northwest Territories on Their Situation with Research: A Series of Individual Reports Based on Direct Consultation with Native Groups of the NWT” by Lynda Lange, Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, University of Alberta—1987; Information North newsletter (volume 13, number 3: 1987)].
F.6 Nunavut Land Claims Project, 1985 [Correspondence between Harvey Feit and Tungavik Federation of Nunavut regarding hunters and trappers income support program; report by Harvey Feit on income security and trappers support program for Dene-Métis Negotiations Secretariat (1984); draft of report by Feit on implementation of wildlife and hunting provisions of JBNQA (1985)].
F.7 TFN [Tungavik Federation of Nunavut] ISP [Income Security Program] Roundtable 6/87 [Discussion papers, correspondence, and notes from Feit on program for Inuit harvesters]. –1987.
F.8 TFN ISP 3/1987 Proposal Review [Correspondence, comments from Feit on proposed program for Inuit harvesters (April 1987), discussion paper on program (February 1987), notes from Feit]. – 1987.
F.9 Northern Alberta Cree Litigation & Negotiation [Documents related to Lubicon Lake Band, including various affidavits and academic articles : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1977-1982.
F.10 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.11 [Copies of “Citizens Plus”, a presentation by the Indian Chiefs of Alberta to Right Honourable P.E. Trudeau, Prime Minister, and the Government of Canada—June 1970; notes from Feit].
F.12 Micmac [Mi’kmaq] Land Claim [Various academic articles and reports, including Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s “Assessment and Analysis of the Micmac Land Claim in Newfoundland” (June 1982) : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1979-1984.
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F.1 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.2 Porcupine Caribou Management Agreement [Copy]. – 1985.
F.3 Nunavut Wildlife Agreement [Copy of wildlife provisions of AIP—October 1981].
F.4 Yukon Agreement—Parts [Excerpts from AIP with respect to trapping in Yukon—December 1980].
F.5 Resource Development in Fourth World—Impacts [Various academic articles]. – ca. 1978-1980.
F.6 [Academic articles on Indigenous peoples in U.S.]. – ca. 1975-1977.
F.7 Caribou News—Resource Issues and Development in the North [Caribou News: vol. 8, nos. 5-6; vol. 9, nos. 1-4, 6; vol. 10, nos. 1-2; vol. 11, nos. 1-2; vol. 12, no. 1]. – February 1989-April 1992.
F.8 Hydro Development—Various [Alternatives journal vol. 10, no. 4 (Summer 1982)].
F.9 Uranium Development [Environment magazine vol. 24, no. 7 (September 1982)].
F.10 Churchill-Nelson Diversion (Hydro)—Saskatchewan/Manitoba [Minutes of Missinipe Committee meeting on September 20, 1973; unsigned application for incorporation of Missinipe Advisory Committee; various newspapers and clippings]. – ca. 1973-1974.
F.11 Northern Manitoba Hydro [Draft of paper entitled “Hydro-Electric Development and the Process of Negotiation in Northern Manitoba” by James B. Waldram, May 1983].
F.12 [Report “The Sandy Bay Cree and Hydro Development, 1927-67: The Story as Told to Keith Goulet by the Elders of Sandy Bay”—presented by Keith Goulet, April 1988].
F.13 Alberta—oil [News clipping from Toronto Star, March 20, 1983].
F.14 Alaska [People Planning Today for a Better Alaska Tomorrow vol. 1, no. 3-4 (March-April 1973)].
F.15 Yukon [Report “Regional Socio-Economic Overview Study: Yukon Territory”—prepared by E. Thibault, Pipeline Committee, Government of the Yukon Territory for the Environmental-Social Program, Northern Pipelines—January 1975].
F.16 Mackenzie Valley—Oil [C.A.S.N.P. Bulletin vol. 15, no. 2 (July 1974); report on Dene Assembly—October 8-10, 1986; newsletter from Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (March 1973)].
F.17 [Indigenous] Support Groups—EuropeàInnu/Labrador [Nitassinan no. 2 (January-March 1985) (French)].
F.18 Soviet Indigenous Peoples [News clippings and publication from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (1975)]. – ca. 1975-1990.
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F.1 Latin America [Paper entitled “The Aborigine in Comparative Law: National Report on Brazil” by Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, 1986].
F.2 Africa [Academic papers and news clipping]. – 1978-1982.
F.3 Orang Asli [Academic papers]. – ca. 1985-1988.
F.4 Sámi [Academic papers : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1978-1984.
F.5 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.6 Svensson—Norway—Sámi [Copies of academic articles by Tom G. Svensson : fldr 1 of 2]. – ca. 1980-1988.
F.7 [fldr 2 of 2].
F.8 Norwegian Social Anthropology—Sámi [Academic articles and notes from Feit]. – ca. 1980-1985.
F.9 Micmacs [Mi’kmaq peoples] [Academic articles]. – ca. 1978-1984.
F.10 Inuit [Academic article; Northern Perspectives vol. 10, nos. 2, 5 (1982)]. – 1981-1982.
F.11 Arctic [Various issues of Inuit Circumpolar Conference: Arctic Policy Review]. – 1982-1984.
F.12 Fourth World—Rights/Problems [Various academic articles and issues of Northern Perspectives]. – ca. 1981-1985.
F.13 [Academic articles on Indigenous rights in North America]. – ca. 1983-1987.
F.14 Aboriginal Rights—Canada/U.S.A. [Academic articles]. – ca. 1978-1985.
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F.1 Aboriginal Rights—U.S.A. [Academic articles]. – ca. 1980-1981.
Series 5
Maps. – ca. 1966-1977. – 11 maps.
The series comprises maps which originally accompanied files in series 1 and 2. Maps depict portions of land covered by the JBNQA and various treaties in Canada between the Crown and Indigenous peoples. Map numbers 1-8 were originally located in files from box 4 (series 1); map numbers 9-11 are from box 30, file 10 (series 2).
Note: Maps are stored in map cabinet #95.
1. 1st Overlay to Map 1: Zonal Subdivisions, Boreal Forest Study Area. Source: Hare, 1959. n.d. Photographic image : 39 x 31 cm.
2. 2nd Overlay to Map 1: Physiographic Divisions Study Area. Source: Hare, 1959. n.d. Photographic image: 39 x 31 cm.
3. Thériault et Dumont: Les Ingénieurs Forestiers Conseils. Map 6 : Synthèse Forestière du Bassin de la Rivière la Grande. Scale 1 : 500,000. Québec, November 1977. Diazo print : 136 x 70 cm.
4. Thériault et Dumont: Les Ingénieurs Forestiers Conseils. Map 7 : Synthèse Forestière du Bassin de la Rivière Eastmain. Scale 1 : 500,000. Québec, November 1971. Diazo print : 121 x 50 cm.
5. Map 1: Cover Types. Source: Hare, 1959. n.d. Diazo print : 46.5 x 45 cm.
6. Land Sub-Committee. Final Agreement with the James Bay Crees. Scale 1 : 600,000. November 1975. 104 x 146 cm.
7. Service de la Cartographie du Québec. Carte du Québec. Scale 1 : 2,500,000. Québec: Service de la Cartographie, November 1975. 77.5 x 96.5 cm.
8. Indian and Northern Affairs (Canada). Indian Treaties: Revised Map October 1977. Scale 1 : 8,870,400. Ottawa: Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1977. 76 x 65 cm.
9. [Map depicting land covered by JBNQA]. n.d. 54.5 x 43 cm.
10. Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources (Canada). Chibougamau, Québec. Scale 1 : 250,000. Series A 501, Edition 3 ASE, 32G. Ottawa: Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1968. 73.5 x 57 cm.
11. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys (Canada). Rivière Mistissini-Sud, Québec. Scale 1 : 250,000. Series A 501, Edition 1 ASE, 32H. Ottawa: Map Distribution Office, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1966. 73.5 x 57 cm.
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Note: Originally located in box 41, file 10.
F.1 [Interim working draft of Cree-Naskapi Act—May 26, 1981].
JBNQA Edition
The following edition of the JBNQA was donated with the archival material. It has been catalogued and added to the Division’s Library collection.
La Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord Québécois et les Conventions Complémentaires 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6 : Convention entre Le Gouvernement du Québec, Le Grand Council of the Crees (of Québec), La Northern Québec Inuit Association et Le Gouvernement du Canada. 2nd ed. Éditeur Officiel du Québec, 1980.
