The
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement was an
Aboriginal land claim settlement, approved in 1975 by the
Cree and
Inuit of northern
Quebec, and later slightly modified in 1978 by the
Northeastern Quebec Agreement, through which Quebec's
Naskapi First Nations joined the treaty. The agreement covered economic development and property issues in northern Quebec, as well as establishing a number of cultural, social and governmental institutions for Aboriginals who are members of the communities involved in the treaties.