Waskaganish is a Cree village of about 2000 people on the south-east shore of James Bay in the municipality of Baie-James, Quebec, Canada. James Bay (Baie James is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. The Municipality of Baie-James ( 2006 Population 1394 ( Municipalité de Baie-James) is in northern Quebec, Canada, to the east of Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is located at the mouth of the Rupert River. The Rupert River is one of the largest rivers in Quebec, Canada. Waskaganish has had road access to the James Bay Road since 2001. The Route de la Baie James (James Bay Road is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the
Waskaganish means "little house" in Cree. Cree (also known as Cree-Montagnais Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117000 people across It has two school facilities: Ecole Annie Whiskeychan School (primary) and Ecole Wiinibekuu School (secondary).
History
In 1668, a fort was established here by French explorer, Médard des Groseilliers, known as Rupert House and Fort Rupert. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Médard Chouart des Groseilliers (1618 &ndash 1696 was a French explorer and Fur trader in Canada. It became the first fur trading post and store of the Hudson's Bay Company. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur.
In 1686 the French captured the fort from the English and not until 1776 did the HBC reestablish a post here. From then on until the early 1900's, Fort Rupert was an important trading location, supplying inland communities and other posts via the Rupert River with regular canoe brigades. The Fur brigade were convoys of Canadian Indian fur trappers who traveled between their home Trading posts and a larger HBC post in order to supply
Billy Diamond was the chief of the Waskaganish Cree starting in 1970. Billy Diamond (born May 17, 1949) was the chief of the Waskaganish Quebec Cree in 1970 and grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees from [1]
References
- ^ Billy Diamond. Power To Change. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states “I became chief of our Cree community when I was 21. . . . Four years later I became the first Grand Chief of the Cree Grand Council. I used this position to help my people develop. We modernized the villages, built housing and schools and encouraged health and economic development. I was very successful in this position. But like all successes, it had it's drawbacks, especially in my personal life. ”
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