The Power and the Responsibility: Implementation of the Wildlife and Hunting Provisions of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

In this “10 years after conference” presentation I examine the impacts of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (JBNQA – 1975) on the hunting activities of the Cree and Inuit peoples of the region from the point of view of their aspirations, and I look at the legal regimes and bureaucratic structures established from the point of view of their purposes in the Agreement. In the view of the majority of Cree people who supported the JBNQA, …