Wemindji has a population of approximately 1600 people of with a median age of 28.4 years speaking Northern Cree and English. Formerly known as Paint Hills this Cree community is located off of James Bay at the mouth of the Maquatua River in Quebec. The Cree people moved to the current site, along the river, in the summer of 1959, from their old location near a trading post on an island called “Viex-Comptoir” (French) otherwise known as “Old Factory” in English. This new community was named Wemindji. Wemindji is Cree for “Red Ochre Mountain” and gets its name from the red pigment found in the hills that surround it. St. John the Baptist Church is a welcoming community serving the whole of the Cree Nation at Wemindji. Hymns are sung in Cree and English languages.