Agreement on Governance in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory. Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Québec Document type Miscellaneous Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Indigenous peoples Contract/agreement Governance Land tenure Transfer Ownership Cultural heritage Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Agreement and the ensuing Final Agreement shall have the following objectives: a) The exercise by the Crees of greater autonomy and greater responsibilities regarding the governance of Category IB and II lands, in particular with respect to governance powers of a local and regional nature concerning, among other things, the planning and use of the territory and resources; b) The modernization of the governance regimes at the regional level on Categories II and III lands situated in the Territory; c) The concrete participation by the Crees in the governance of the Category III lands within the Territory in partnership with the other residents of the Territory; d) The strengthening of the Nation-to-Nation relationship between the Cree Nation and the Québec Nation, based on the common will of the parties to continue the development of the Territory for the benefit of the residents of the Territory and the entire population of Québec and to seek the flourishing of the Crees within a context of growing modernization; e) The assumption of greater responsibility by the Cree Nation in relation toits political, governmental and economic development and, in so doing, the achievement of increased autonomy with a greater capacity to respond, in partnership with Québec, to the needs of the Cree population. Full text English Website www.indigenousnationhood.com