Complex sentence: The James Bay agreement touches on a number of subjects and, as the first Canadian native treaty since the 1920s, it bears little resemblance to previous treaties but has become the prototype of the many agreements made since then.
Split into simpler sentences: The James Bay agreement touches on a number of subjects, and as the first Canadian native treaty since the 1920s. It bears little resemblance to previous treaties but has become the prototype of the many agreements made since then.