Attawapiskat

A teepee sits on Victoria Island, just between the mainlands of Ottawa, Ont. and Gatineau, Que.

On the eighth day of her hunger strike, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is still committed to her cause of fighting for First Nations rights.

An education centre with access to over 1,000 distance education online courses from Ontario colleges and universities has opened in Attawapiskat.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence said she is willing to go the distance as she prepared for a hunger strike in Ottawa that began on Dec. 11.

In 1990, women of Attawapiskat helped to make a film calling for the return of midwifery services to the community...

Attawapiskat Chief Teresa Spence called for First Nation leaders to help protect women from abuse during the Assembly of First Nation’s Special Chiefs Assembly.

Chelsea Edwards recently received two youth awards for her fight for equitable funding for First Nations education.

Rather than proceed with Attawapiskat’s proposal to send displaced community members to southern communities for the winter, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) says it will fund the repair of a trailer complex that was previously condemned due to mould.

Federal government rejects the First Nation's plan to send residents south for winter because it costs too much.

The people of Neskantaga have been telling Ring of Fire companies for years that the place where industry wants to build a bridge over the Attawapiskat River is an important cultural location containing sacred burial sites.

As temperatures begin to drop to signify the emergence of fall and the upcoming winter, Attawapiskat First Nation is working to find housing for about 100 community members.

Two Attawapiskat First Nation members have been charged in the latest drug bust in the community.

When Craig Koostachin moved to Timmins in 2008, he had to overcome numerous challenges to adjust to urban life.

With no experience in cutting or designing stained glass windows, Jackie Hookimaw-Witt and her partner Norbert Witt began a project last January.

Leaders in Attawapiskat First Nation are disappointed that Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan would not sign off on a project to build 30 houses in the community.