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Paix Des Braves at 10 Years: Challenges, Change and Prosperity Summer 2012 PAIX DES BRAVES at 10 YEARS: CHALLENGES, CHANGE AND PROSPERITY Romeo Saganash: Justice in Cree Business Cree-Quebec Crees Model Eeyou Istchee: is Booming: Relations: Ethical Business Modern System A Gold Mine Stronger than to the World Built on Cree of Jobs and Ever Traditions Opportunity 1 EEYOU EENOU NATION SUMMER 2012 The Grand Council of the Crees Photo courtesy of Hydro-Québec. (Eeyou Istchee) www.gcc.ca Please send correspondence or feedback to: Bill Namagoose, Editor Eeyou Eenou Nation Embassy of the Cree Nation 81 Metcalfe Street, Suite 900 Ottawa, ON K1P 6K7 [email protected] or [email protected] Cree Regional Authority 2 Lakeshore Road Nemaska, QC J0Y 3B0 Reproduction is prohibited without written permission of the Editor. 28 All photos © Grand Council of the Crees, except where indicated. We thank Hydro-Québec for the photos provided. 24 30 14 35 4 Editorial by Bill Namagoose CONTENTS 7 Council Board Members 8 Paix des Braves: Looking Back on 10 Years of Challenges, Change and Prosperity 13 Score One for the Nation: Hockey Brings Cree Communities Together 14 A Gold Mine of Opportunities: New Training Programs Open up Jobs for Crees 17 Diamond in the Rough: Mining Is Booming in Eeyou Istchee— Can the Crees Maintain Control of the Industry? 20 Community Success Stories: Projects Made Possible by the Paix des Braves 22 Corporate Social Responsibility: Shining Examples Found in Eeyou Istchee 24 Going with the Flow: Collaborating with Crees Sets a New Way Forward for Hydro-Québec 28 An Eeyou Epic: Documentary Series Traces the Cree Stuggle for Their Land and Rights 30 Cree-Quebec Community Cooperation: Paix des Braves Paved the Way 32 Justice in Eeyou Istchee: A Modern System Built on Cree Traditions 35 Health and Education: Taking Responsibility Leads to a Bright Future 37 Message from Ted Moses, Chairman of the Cree Nation Trust 39 Message from Former Grand Chief Matthew Mukash 41 Message from Grand Chief Dr. Matthew Coon Come 2 EEYOU EENOU NATION SUMMER 2012 3 Editorial by e need to inform the Cree population about the events that led up to the Paix equity position and reimburse themselves from the annual payments. communities that would have been impacted by the proposed Bill Namagoose des Braves and what transpired inside the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou The value of this offer, if it had been accepted by the Crees, would Rupert Diversion-Eastmain Project were aware of the proposed Istchee) and the Quebec government. When I learned about the proposed have been a loss of $300 million over 50 years. project. The fact that Quebec wanted to divert the Rupert River was Paix des Braves, I supported it because I felt comfortable with my personal public knowledge and the offer of $6 million was made known to During this time, the Cree media—who were later outraged by the assessment of the agreement, and with the political circumstances and needs the Cree leadership. Paix des Braves—were apparently not very bothered that the Rupert Wof our people as a Nation. Nobody forced me to accept the proposal because of my position as River was going to be diverted for $6 million a year. Premier Landry was convinced that an innovative solution was needed. Executive Director at the Grand Council. He felt that this could best be accomplished by political negotiations, However, two of the five communities that would be directly We need to have a profound understanding of the political landscape in Quebec, Canada and and to this end he mandated the Secretary General of the Cabinet to impacted by the flooding or the reduced flow of water in the Rupert the First Nations communities in the 1990s to appreciate our success—the paradigm shift in conduct confidential negotiations with the Grand Council. River did not agree to the diversion. They were also concerned policy and the scale of benefits we gained control of through the Paix des Braves agreement. The about why the Grand Council had been excluded from the The timing and delivery of the public announcement were carefully Grand Council was also mandated by the Cree Nation to protect its right to self-determination in discussions. In the political circumstances within the Cree Camp planned. The Cree leadership had been briefed and gave the green the context of the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum debate. We did this by speaking about and within Quebec at the time, the position against the project light to the Paix des Braves to allow the Quebec government to our rights and raising the territorial issue like only the Crees could. The issues raised by the Cree taken by those two communities was in large part responsible for make the announcement. Judging by the reaction of the Crees and Nation in the sovereignty debate raised our profile nationally and internationally as never before. inspiring the Paix des Braves. of Quebec to Premier Landry’s strategy, it was the right one. It is one of the major reasons the “no” side won, by a very small margin, in the referendum on Quebec’s separation from Canada. Innovative solutions The proposed agreement was made public only once it was time The turning point came in 2000 at a general assembly on natural to consult the Crees on its acceptability. The people encouraged After 1995, Hydro-Québec approached several Cree communities directly to discuss the Rupert resources in Waskaganish, when a public demonstration against the Grand Chief at the public meetings to finish the agreement River Diversion Project—or Eastmain-1 and 1-A-Sarcelles, as it became known. Hydro-Québec the project angered Hydro-Québec. Because of this, they called in accordance with the agreement in principle. Once the final avoided Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come and the Grand Council of the Crees. Hydro-Québec and off all negotiations on the Rupert River Diversion. This created agreement was ready, a second long consultation process was the Quebec government had suffered a major defeat in 1994 due to the Grand Council campaign the opportunity for Grand Chief Ted Moses and Premier Bernard undertaken and, in the end, the agreement was approved through to stop the Great Whale Project. This project would have destroyed four rivers and flooded 3,000 Landry to grab the initiative away from Hydro-Québec and replace community referendums. square kilometres of land. it with discussions on a proposal to implement Cree rights to the The Paix des Braves agreement These two events and the Cree Nation’s role as one of the leading political actors in them must be benefit of the whole Cree Nation, and to reach an agreement on Under the Paix des Braves, the Crees decided to implement many taken into consideration in one’s analysis of the political landscape in the complex Cree-Quebec future development. of Quebec’s obligations to the Cree Nation in the James Bay and relations, and indeed in considering First Nations issues in Canada. There is an explanation as to why there was no public process on Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and they were provided The lead-up to negotiations the initial negotiations of the Paix des Braves. First of all, the Grand with the funding to do so—$70 million per year indexed for 50 In 1995, the discussions on the Rupert River Diversion Project with some of the Cree communities Chief had already been given a mandate by the Council Board years by the increased value of the revenues extracted from the were going well for Hydro-Québec. Hydro-Québec made an offer of $6 million per year to the Cree to negotiate with Quebec on the implementation of Cree rights resources of the territory. In 2011–2012 that amount reached Nation and an equity position in the project. They would provide a loan to the Crees to pay for their and on future development. Secondly, the Council Board and the $88 million. Moreover—through the negotiation of the Nadoshtin 4 EEYOU EENOU NATION SUMMER 2012 5 and Boumhounan Agreements, later to be amalgamated into the After its signing in 2002, Canada and the Cree Nation negotiated an Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Regional Authority Niskamowin Agreement—the Crees and Hydro-Québec developed agreement along the lines of the Paix des Braves. Negotiations with a much more collaborative approach to the construction of the Aboriginal peoples that are limited to repeating past worn-out proposals Council Board Members or those that eliminate possibilities for innovation are bound to fail. Eastmain-1 and Eastmain-1-A projects than had ever been tried before. 2002 2012 The trappers were consulted in detail, and Cree companies and Grand Chief: Ted Moses Grand Chief: Dr. Matthew Coon Come During the 1980s and 1990s, the innovative approach set out in workers were able to benefit from the construction of the projects. Deputy Grand Chief: Matthew Mukash Deputy Grand Chief: Ashley Iserhoff the JBNQA was broken by the bureaucracies that wanted to treat Nemaska: Chief George Wapachee, Thomas Jolly Nemaska: Chief Matthew Wapachee, Josie Jimiken us with paternalism and by short-sighted governments. The Paix The Paix des Braves raised the bar in terms of treaty Chisasibi: Chief Abraham Rupert, Eddie Pachano Chisasibi: Chief Davey Bobbish, Thomas Shem implementation, financial resources and First Nations self- des Braves updated the JBNQA and empowered the Cree Nation to Eastmain: Chief Edward Gilpin Jr., Kenneth Gilpin Eastmain: Chief Edward Gilpin, Kenneth Gilpin determination across Canada. Simply put, there is no agreement define its own future. That is what we are now doing. Mistissini: Chief John Longchap, Thomas Neeposh Mistissini: Chief Richard Shecapio, John Longchap like it in the world.
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