Chisasibi
Sign in to saveChisasibi (; meaning Great River) is a village and Cree reserved land (TC) on the eastern shore of James Bay, in Eeyou Istchee, an equivalent territory (ET) in Nord-du-Québec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande River (the Grand River), less than from the river's mouth. Chisasibi is one of nine Cree villages in the region, and is a member of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec.
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- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Eeyou Istchee
- Population
- 4872
- Area
- 776.10
- Shares border with
- Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government
- Official website
- chisasibi.org
- Image
- 03 Chisasibi - welcome sign closeup.jpg
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- native label
- ᒋᓴᓯᐱ
- Commons category
- Chisasibi
- inception
- 1980-00-00
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Chisasibi (; meaning Great River) is a village and Cree reserved land (TC) on the eastern shore of James Bay, in Eeyou Istchee, an equivalent territory (ET) in Nord-du-Québec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande River (the Grand River), less than from the river's mouth. Chisasibi is one of nine Cree villages in the region, and is a member of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec.
The territory surrounding Chisasibi is part of the municipality Eeyou Istchee James Bay, of which parts are jointly managed by the municipalities of the Jamésie TE and the Cree Regional Authority of the Eeyou Istchee TE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chisasibi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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