The Cree Nation of Wemindji is a

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

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, Canada. It is headquartered at the

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Wemindji Wemindji ( cr, ᐐᒥᓂᒌ/Wîminicî) is a small Cree community on the east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Maquatua River in Quebec, Canada. Its legal name is the Cree Nation of Wemindji. The community is a part of the Abitibi-Baie-Ja ...

and also has the ''terre réservée crie'' of the same name, both located in the Eeyou Istchee

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. In 2016, it has a registered population of 1,589 members. It is in negotiation with the

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to obtain its

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External links

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