Eeyou

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Eeyou are the Indigenous Cree people of northern Quebec, Canada, with a distinct language, culture, and traditional territory often referred to as Eeyou Istchee.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eeyou canonical 2
Eeyou and Eenou 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cree people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
associatedWith James Bay hydroelectric development
collectiveName Eeyou and Eenou
linked to: Eeyou
continent North America
country Canada
culturalRegion Subarctic
linked to: Subarctic region
culture Cree culture
ethnicGroupOf northern Quebec
governingBody Cree Nation Government
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
hasCommunity Chisasibi
Eastmain
Mistissini
Nemaska
linked to: Nemaska, Quebec

Oujé-Bougoumou
Washaw Sibi Eeyou
Waskaganish
Waswanipi
Wemindji
linked to: Waskaganish

Whapmagoostui
linked to: Waskaganish
hasTreaty James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Paix des Braves agreement
language Cree language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
legalStatus Indigenous peoples in Canada
locatedIn Canada
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
mainTerritory Eeyou Istchee
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Innu
Inuit of Nunavik
linked to: Inuit
partOf Cree Nation
primaryLanguageVariety Northern East Cree
Southern East Cree
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada
region James Bay region
linked to: James Bay Lowlands

northern Quebec
religion Christianity
Cree spiritual traditions
rights Aboriginal rights in Canada
selfDesignation Eeyou
selfDesignationMeaning the people
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
usesSyllabics Cree syllabics

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eeyou selfDesignation Eeyou
Eeyou collectiveName Eeyou and Eenou
linked to: Eeyou