The Kativik Regional Government includes 14 northern villages, 14 Inuit reserved lands and one Naskapi village municipality. Each Inuit reserved land is near a northern village; the Naskapi village municipality of
Kawawachikamach (north of the 55th parallel) is near the Naskapi reserved land that is also called
Kawawachikamach, south of the 55th parallel in the
Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The Kativik Regional Government covers a territory of about and includes a population of just over 10,000 persons, of which about 90% are Inuit. The Cree village
Whapmagoostui, near the
northern village of
Kuujjuarapik, on the eastern shore of
Hudson Bay, is an enclave in the Nunavik region and its inhabitants do not participate in the Kativik Regional Government. Whapmagoostui (village and reserved lands: ) is part of the Cree Regional Authority and the
Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee). The
Inuit of Nunavik are also represented by the
Makivik Corporation in their relations with the governments of Quebec and Canada on issues specifically pertaining to their indigenous rights (hunting and land use). The Makivik Corporation supports greater autonomy for the Nunavik region and is headquartered in Kuujjuaq. ==Structure==