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Eeyou Istchee (Cree: ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ, meaning "The People's Land") is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Quebec, represented by the Grand Council of the Crees. Its geographical code is 993. It comprises numerous communities within the region known as Eeyou Istchee/Baie-James Territory. The total land area of these communities is . There was a combined population of 14,131 persons as of the Canada 2006 Census, but its total population now exceeds 18,000 Cree. Its largest community is Chisasibi, on the south bank of La Grande River, near the northeast shore of James Bay. As defined by the Grand Council of the Crees, however, the territory of Eeyou Istchee is a much larger contiguous traditional territory and homeland, comprising about .〔http://www.gcc.ca/pdf/Cree-Vision-of-Plan-Nord.pdf see "Map 1.4"〕 Eeyou Istchee TE was created on November 30, 2007. Its territory had previously belonged to the TE of Jamésie. Eeyou Istchee encompasses in particular the Cree reserved land (TC) of Whapmagoostui and the Cree village municipality (VC) of the same name. These are the only municipalities in Quebec lying north of the 55th parallel north (that is, in Nunavik) but not belonging to Kativik TE. Together with the TEs of Jamésie and Kativik, it forms the region and census division (CD) of Nord-du-Québec. On July 24, 2012, the Quebec government signed an accord with the Cree Nation that result in the abolition of the municipality of Baie-James and the creation of a new regional government known as Eeyou Istchee/Baie-James Territory. ==Communities== 〔(Nord-du-Québec (Census division) )〕 The TE of Eeyou Istchee is coextensive with the territory of the Cree Regional Authority. It consists of the following municipal units: *the Cree reserved lands listed above (with code = TC, ''terre réservée crie''): *the Cree village municipalities listed above (with code VC, ''municipalité de village cri'') *the Indian settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou Somewhat confusingly, the ''Commission de toponymie du Québec'' refers to the Cree reserved lands as "Cree villages" (''village cri''), as distinct from the "Cree village municipalities" (''municipalité de village cri''). However, from a practical point of view this makes sense, since the population resides in these reserved lands. Oujé-Bougoumou can also be considered a Cree village, although its formal legal status is that of an Indian settlement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eeyou Istchee (territory)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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