"The Grand Council of the Créés (of Quebec) ("the Créés") and the Nfakivik Corporation ("the Inuit"), which represent respectively the Cree and Inuit signatories to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ("the Agreement") have recently made various public statements alleging that Canada and Quebec have not fulfilled their legal and moral responsibilities pursuant to the Agreement"--Introduction.

Report on the findings of a review made into Canada's performance in implementing its obligations pursuant to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Review arose because of statements by the Cree Indian and Inuit signatories.

This case study deals with the only comprehensive native land claimsettlement negotiated up to the end of 1982 in Canada, the James Bay andNorthern Quebec Agreement, signed on November 11, 1975. The parties to theagreement were the Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec, and theCree and Inuit people of the James Bay Territory. This paper examines those features of the agreement relevant to the interest of the EasternArctic Study, i.e. the implications of the land claim settlement for localgovernment and for industrial development. For the pupose of the casestudy, industrial development is limited primarily to mineral explorationand development.