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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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