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James Bay and Northern Quebec Land Claim I chose to do my research paper on land claims. In this paper I will give an assessment of the James Bay and Northern Quebec
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I chose to do my research paper on land claims. In this paper I will give an assessment of
the James Bay and Northern Quebec land claim final settlement as well as compare it with the
Labrador Inuit land claim. I will talk about the participants in the negotiations, as well as
compensation recieved. I will also describe some of the implementation procedures as well as
land regimes. Finally I will discuss some of the third parties involved as well as resource
revenues allocation.
The James Bay and Northern Quebec agreement was probably the most significant land
claim settlement ever. Its "often referred to as Canada's first modern land claim agreement" (
Indian and Northen Affairs Canada, pg 28) Its legal status was that of a binding contract, that
could not be broken. The whole process started when the James Bay Hydroelectric project began
to construct on land that the natives used for hunting and trapping that was unceeded. Many
rivers were dammed and diverted which in turn caused mass flood and led to the deterioration of
many Cree and Inuit lives. The James Bay Hydroelectric project was the driving factor that lead
to the negotiations for a land claim settlement.
Quebec was obligated to look after Indian title after they signed the boundary extension
act of 1912, in which their territory was increased, but in which they were responsible for all the
land claim settlements to follow. "Unlike some other provinces such as Ontario, Quebec did not
deem it timely from 1912 on to have aboriginals release the right to which they could lay claim"
( Gangon and Rocher, pg 17) Quebec's refusal to take any responsibility in the matter of Indian
title led to the land claim agreement.
When Quebec's provincial government refused to negotiate a cession of...
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