Dispute resolution mechanisms are included in the two implementation agreements with Naskapi and the Inuit (NEQA and JBNQA) and in the New Relationship Agreement with cree. Parties may use dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve or as stated issues relating to the interpretation, management or implementation of the JBNQA and NEQA. These mechanisms are usually initiated by a two- or three-part consultation phase. If a satisfactory solution is not found for all parties to the dispute, a mediation procedure and a possible arbitration procedure will follow in the initial phase. Significant difficulties hampered a definitive solution between the Cree, the Inuit and the Quebec government. For example, the IQA, which represented Quebec`s other Aboriginal nations in the negotiations, demanded full payment of land rights across the province. The relationship between the Cree and the IQA deteriorated until the Cree detached themselves from the organization and formed their own national network: the Grand Council of Crees of Quebec. In the summer of 1974, the IQA left the negotiating table and the province, Cree and Inuit reached an interim agreement. Participation in the implementation of marine mammal management plans is provided by an agreement with the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) on the Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Ocean Management Program. Series E Legislation on the Effect of the Agreement The governments of Canada and Quebec, Cree and the Inuit of Northern Quebec and Hydro-Québec reached an agreement in principle until 1974. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) was signed on November 11, 1975.

The 1978 Northwest Quebec Agreement (NEQA), negotiated by the Naskapi Indian Band, amended the JBNQA. Over the years, the Canadian government has signed two “implementation agreements” with the Naskapi and Inuit and an out-of-court agreement with Cree: the James Bay and Northern Quebec agreements have been amended by some 20 other agreements on the implementation and details of the original agreement, as well as their provisions. In addition, the Constitution Act of 1982 enshrined in the Constitution of Canada all rights granted in treaties and fonal claims enacted prior to 1982 and confers on the rights enshrined in the original agreement the status of constitutional rights. Revised Summary of Final Agreement (revised), November 11, 1975, [77] 1staves. Photocopy In this lesson, students explore the James Bay and northern Quebec chords and the resulting effects for Cree and Inuit. They examine the impact of agreements by reviewing media reports from the 1980s and consolidating their learning through a letter to the editor. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) is a legal agreement signed on November 11, 1975 by the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada, Hydro-Québec and two of its subsidiaries, the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association. Dubbed “the first modern treaty,” the JBNQA redefined and overhauled land management and reorganized the relationship between the Quebec State and the Aboriginal peoples of James Bay and the Northern Quebec region (see James Bay Project, treated with Aboriginal peoples in Canada). Prior to Canadian Confederation, the country of northern Quebec was part of Rupert`s country, the territory managed by the Hudson`s Bay Company under the Charter it received from King Charles II in 1670.