Our Land, Our People
For thousands of years we have lived in Iiyiyuuschii - our homeland - an immense area contained by the lakes and rivers draining into eastern James Bay and southeastern Hudson Bay. Our lands are rich in fish and birds, and big-game and fur-bearing animals. Casting a web over the region is our network of hunting territories and the nine Cree communities.
Iiyiyuuschii is the traditional territory and homeland of the Crees of northern Quebec. Sometimes written “Eeyou Istchee,” the term means “the land of...
We are the Crees of Iiyiyuuschii. We call ourselves Iiyiyuu1 and Iinuu2. Our name means, simply, “the people.” There are 16,000 of...
Click on one of the names of our communities to learn about our cultural programs. This will...