īstmān | Eastmain First Nation

The Eastmain First Nation is an Indigenous community in northern Quebec, situated along the eastern coast of James Bay, with a rich traditional lifestyle centered on hunting, fishing, and trapping.

POPULATION

980

Rank #333 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

N/A

Rank #587 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

03/29/2027

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-07 01:55:23 UTC

Name

Eastmain (ISC Code: 57)

Former Names

Eastmain River Band

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Subarctic/James Bay

Indigenous Language

Cree

Number of Registered Members

980

Band Website

https://eastmain.ca/

Phone Number

(819) 977-0211

Fax Number

(819) 977-0281

Address

76, Nouchimi, P.O. Box 90, Eastmain, QC

General Email

Not Available

Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

RAYMOND SHANOUSH

Term Expires

03/29/2027

Number of Council Members

RAYMOND SHANOUSH

Chief

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STANLEY GILPIN

Councillor

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TINA PETAWABANO

Councillor

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JOHNNY TOMATUK

Councillor

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CURTIS RATT-SHANOUSH

Councillor

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NIAN MOSES

Councillor

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DANIEL MARK-STEWART

Vice Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

No expert reports available yet.

Band Financial Statements

Band Council Remuneration

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Eastmain Band v. Canada ( Federal Administrator )

Eastmain Band v. Canada (Federal Administrator) (C.A.)

Ressources Eastmain inc. c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Michaudville c. Nation cree d'Eastmain

Hélicoptères Abitibi ltée c. Ressources Eastmain inc.

Eastmain Resources Inc. (Re)

Regulation respecting the Fort-Rupert, Eastmain, Nouveau-Comptoir, Fort George, Mistassini, Waswanipi, Nemiscau and Great Whale River fish and game reserves

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6132
EASTMAIN
0.0 Hectares
JAMES BAY RIVAGE E/E SHORE
[52.233724, -78.517759]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Cree gov't to cancel events in Val-d'Or after SQ sex abuse allegations

A hero's welcome and caribou stew as Indigenous-led snowmobile expedition winds north

Eastmain River

Meet Elma Moses, new program manager for CBC North Cree Unit

'Something magical': Eastmain leads Cree territory in graduation rates 3 years running

Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut Among the 10% Most Vulnerable to Climate Risk

Kalabharathi Indian Dance performs a family matinee Saturday in Hillsboro

Benz raises C$10 million for work at Eastmain gold project

Meet Elma Moses, the new host of CBC Radio's Winschgaoug

GOLD: Auryn to acquire Eastmain, create Canadian-focused Fury Gold

Honorary degree citation - Ted Moses

Auryn to acquire Eastmain, create Fury Gold

Winschgaoug (Cree)

Cree leaders push for inquiry, others want 2nd boycott of Val-d'Or

Must-read books before graduation, according to profs

Innu astronomer looking forward to ‘no ordinary day’ as solar eclipse approaches

This App Lets Inuit Combine Traditional Knowledge With Scientific Data

Community-Based Research in James Bay

Winschgaoug (Cree)

Blue Bear Woman

Hydropower Sustainability Standard certification

GOLD: Eastmain restarts exploration at Quebec properties

GOLD: Eastmain options Lac Lessard in Quebec

GOLD: Eastmain reports drill results from Eleonore South JV

Quebec Cree take on pottery in new land-based program for mental health

The hydroelectric facilities in the Eastmain-Sarcelle-Rupert complex have been renamed in memory of Bernard Landry

Indigenous health leader goes from the trapline to the board room

Cree Nation Government and Parks Canada successfully complete Feasibility Assessment and announce an agreement to formally work toward establishing an offshore Indigenous Protected Area and national marine conservation area in the Eeyou Marine R

2016 Census Aboriginal Community Portrait – Cree Nation of Eastmain

My Great Birding Adventure

Blue Bear Woman

Radio host Roderick Rabbitskin mourned in Quebec Cree communities

Cree Idle No More walkers reach Eastmain, Que.

Quebec Cree name first-ever language commissioner

'Something magical': Eastmain leads Cree territory in graduation rates 3 years running

Efforts move forward to protect Cree language in Quebec

Eastmain Dam renamed in honour of Quebec's 28th premier, Bernard Landry

Power of the Cree

Quebec holds consultations on James Bay lithium mine with Cree of Eeyou Istchee

After lithium mine approval, Ontario-based Cree want a seat at the table for environmental assessments of mining in the province

'So open to us as Cree people': Eastmain says goodbye to Anglican priest of 4 years

'Goose break': Cree tradition goes back centuries

Talk of new dams in Quebec election has some Indigenous leaders surprised, others on guard

Turtle Island Reads: Elma Moses champions Dawn Dumont's Nobody Cries at Bingo

Vulnerable members of Cree communities in northern Quebec asked to evacuate due to wildfire smoke

A hero's welcome and caribou stew as Indigenous-led snowmobile expedition winds north

'Resilience and strength': Photos show the untold history of Indigenous people

When a Cree community in northern Quebec was evacuated, there was no room for dogs in the airlift

Former Cree pageant princess stands against controversial LGBT rule change

‘It really hurts’: Cree trapper struggles with losing more of his trap line to lithium mine

How Indigenous players and coaches are forging ahead in a positive way

This is an epic adventure, 11 women canoeing for 40 days in the wilds of Canada

Fury Gold Mines launches following Auryn Resources' acquisition of Eastmain Resources

Nord-du-Québec | Northern Quebec, Arctic Region, Indigenous Peoples

Ted Moses

Retracing Canoe Routes Of Old On The Eastmain River In Quebec

Hydro-Québec earns Hydropower Sustainability Standard certification for Eastmain-1

Quebec’s battery

34 Cree teachers in Quebec graduate from community-based university programs

Turning the tide: Quebec premier visits Cree Nation displaced by hydro project in ’70s

The whole dam truth

Academic Research

Eastern James Bay and the Cree

Wemindji Traditional Artists Association: Improved control over research collaborations supports the emergence of Indigenous methodology

Social-ecological resilience in indigenous coastal edge contexts

Native women, the built environment and community well-being: a comparative study of two James Bay Cree communities

Hydro-Québec and the Crees: The challenges of being accountable to First Nations–case and teaching notes

Hydro-Québec and the Crees: the challenges of being accountable to First Nations

Caring for the land: Nemaska Cree strategies of resistance to the EM-1-A and Rupert Diversion Project in eastern James Bay, northern Quebec

Monetary benefit sharing from dams: A few examples of financial partnerships with Indigenous communities in Québec (Canada)

Use of Landsat-8 OLI imagery and local indigenous knowledge for eelgrass mapping in Eeyou Istchee

Building on Partnerships with Indigenous Communities

From the floodland: Countering extraction, remembering relations in Eeyou Istchee

EAGER: James Bay Cree Visual Ethnographic Resource: Digitization of a Collection of a Photographic Archive from 1973

Native women, the built environment and community well-being: a comparative study of two James Bay Cree communities

Reviving large-scale projects; La relance des grands chantiers

Wemindji Traditional Artists Association: Improved control over research collaborations supports the emergence of Indigenous methodology

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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