Grand Council of the Crees

Grand Council of the Crees (GCCEI)
Eeyou Istchee ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
NationEeyou Istchee
Websitecngov.ca
Offices
HeadNemaska (ᓀᒥᔅᑳᐤ)
Additional
Grand Council
Grand ChiefMandy Gull-Masty
Deputy Grand ChiefNorman A. Wapachee
Chiefs
List
Representatives
List
PeopleEeyou / Eenou
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ
LanguageEeyou / Eenou Ayimūn
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ
CountryEeyou / Eenou Istchee
ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ ᐊᔅᒌ
Areas under the jurisdiction of the CRA marked in red

The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) or the GCC(EI) (ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ in Cree), is the political body that represents the approximately 18,000 Cree people (who call themselves "Eeyou" or "Eenou" in the various dialects of East Cree) of the territory called Eeyou Istchee ("The People's Land") in the James Bay and Nunavik regions of Northern Quebec, in The Grand Council has twenty members: a Grand Chief and Deputy-Grand Chief elected at large by the Cree people, the Chiefs elected by each of the ten communities, and one other representative from each community.

The newly elected Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty was elected on July 29, 2021. The newly elected Deputy Grand Chief is Norman A. Wapachee. The Grand Council's head office is located in the Cree community of Nemaska, with other offices and embassies in Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City.


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