Attawapiskat First Nation

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Attawapiskat First Nation is a remote Cree community in northern Ontario known for its struggles with housing, infrastructure, and social crises that have drawn national and international attention.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cree community ⓘ
First Nation ⓘ
chief Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
declaredStateOfEmergency 2011 housing crisis ⓘ
economicActivity employment with De Beers Victor Mine ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cree ⓘ
federalElectoralDistrict Kenora ⓘ
governingBody Attawapiskat First Nation Band Council ⓘ
hasAirport Attawapiskat Airport ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Cree ⓘ
English ⓘ
hasSchool Kattawapiskak Elementary School ⓘ
issue boil-water advisories ⓘ
inadequate sewage infrastructure ⓘ
mold contamination in homes ⓘ
overcrowded housing ⓘ
youth suicide crisis ⓘ
knownFor housing crisis ⓘ
infrastructure problems ⓘ
international attention to Indigenous living conditions ⓘ
national media attention in Canada ⓘ
states of emergency over living conditions ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn James Bay ⓘ
nearbyMine Victor Diamond Mine ⓘ
people Attawapiskat Cree ⓘ
populationEstimate approximately 1500–2000 on-reserve residents ⓘ
postalCodePrefix P0L ⓘ
previousSchoolIssue diesel fuel contamination at former school site ⓘ
previousSchoolSite J.R. Nakogee Elementary School ⓘ
primaryAccess air ⓘ
winter road ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
provincialElectoralDistrict Kiiwetinoong ⓘ
region Kenora District ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Cree spiritual traditions ⓘ
remoteCommunity true ⓘ
representedBy Nishnawbe Aski Nation ⓘ
resourceAgreement impact benefit agreements with De Beers Canada ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Mushkegowuk territory along James Bay coast ⓘ
treaty James Bay Treaty ⓘ
Treaty 9 ⓘ
tribalCouncil Mushkegowuk Council ⓘ
waterBody Attawapiskat River ⓘ

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Northern Ontario → contains → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Ring of Fire (mineral region) → associatedWithIndigenousPeoples → Attawapiskat First Nation (regional area of interest) ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Attawapiskat First Nation → people → Attawapiskat Cree ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Attawapiskat First Nation → governingBody → Attawapiskat First Nation Band Council ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Mushkegowuk Cree → hasCommunity → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin → politicalAffiliation → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin → regionOfActivity → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Mushkegowuk Council → hasMember → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Kattawapiskak Elementary School → locatedIn → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Kattawapiskak Elementary School → serves → Attawapiskat First Nation community ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Kattawapiskak Elementary School → governingBody → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
J.R. Nakogee Elementary School → locatedIn → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
J.R. Nakogee Elementary School → servesCommunity → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
J.R. Nakogee Elementary School → operatedBy → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Victor Diamond Mine → locatedNear → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Victor Diamond Mine → locatedOn → traditional territory of Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Attawapiskat Airport → serves → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Attawapiskat Airport → supports → Attawapiskat First Nation community ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat First Nation
Attawapiskat River → associatedPeople → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Attawapiskat River → locatedInTraditionalTerritoryOf → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Attawapiskat River → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
Timmins—James Bay → contains → Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ