Life before the agreement: Cree leaders look back at a changing Eeyou Istchee 50 years after JBNQA was signed
Life before the agreement: Cree leaders look back at a changing Eeyou Istchee 50 years after JBNQA was signed

A family of four by a teepee

More than 50 years after the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), two Cree leaders — Bertie Wapachee and Gordon Blackned — reflect on what life was like before the landmark deal transformed Eeyou Istchee.