Nemaska () is a Cree village municipality in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern

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; it has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Naskapi village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages. Nemaska is the capital of the Cree Nation and the seat of the regional government, the

Grand Council of the Crees The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) or the GCC(EI) (ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ in Cree), is the political body that represents the approximately 20,000 Cree people (who call themselves "Eeyou" or "Eenou" in the various dialects of East ...

and its administrative arm, the Cree Nation Government.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Nemaska had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, no change from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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Demographics

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