The Grand Council of the Crees (Cree: Eeyou Istchee), or the GCC, is the political body that represents the approximately 16,357 Crees or “Iyyu” (Coastal Dialect)/ “Iynu” (Inland dialect) of the Eeyou Istchee territory in the James Bay and Nunavik regions of Northern Quebec, Canada. The Grand Council has twenty members: a Grand Chief and Deputy-Grand Chief elected at large by the Iyyu, the chiefs elected by each of the nine Cree communities, and one other representative from each community.
The grand chief, Matthew Coon Come, and the deputy grand chief, Ashley Iserhoff, were elected in 2009. The Council’s head office is in the Cree community of Nemaska, with offices in Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City.
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