area have more than likely worked
with the group. Since the early 1990s,
the Eskan Company (formally known
as Mistco Ventures) have been a ma-
jor player in the area’s resource indus-
tries, working with mining companies
like Stornoway Diamond Corporation;
government agencies like the Trans-
port Quebec; public utilities like
Hydro-Quebec; forestry corporations
like Chantiers Chibougamau; Cree
agencies like the Cree School Board,
Cree Health Board, and the Cree Na-
tion of Mistissini itself; and numerous
other local and outside enterprises,
agencies, and contractors.
The Cree Nation of Mistissini is one
of nine Cree communities located in
Quebec’s North. Mistissini itself is situ-
ated on the banks of Lake Mistissini—
Quebec’s largest fresh water lake—
where Mistissini Cree have resided
since time immemorial. “Although
the James Bay and Northern Quebec
Agreement has ushered in a series of
development undertakings since it’s
signing in 1975 (mostly notably the
James Bay Hydro Electric Project),
Mistissini Cree maintain a rich cultur-
al history and help to continually and
collaboratively shape the future of the
community, the people, and the Cree
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