Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 08/26/2025
• CHIEF: JUDY SYLVIA KOOSTACHIN-METATAWABIN
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:13
• JUDY SYLVIA KOOSTACHIN-METATAWABIN
• MAGGIE KOOSTACHIN
• TESLA FELICIA NAKOGEE
• IGNACE PAUL GABRIEL WESLEY
• MICHEL STEPHEN HOOKIMAWILLILLENE
• KARA ROSE SHISHEESH
• IGNACE XAVIER WESLEY
• JENNIE ROSE ANNA SUTHERLAND
• REMI GERALD WHEESK
• ANTHONY SHELDON KENNEDY WESLEY
• ROBERT LEONARD SUTHERLAND MERCIER
• ALEXANDER JAMES KATAQUAPIT
• JACK JR. LINKLATER

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.firstnation.ca/attawapiskat
• PHONE NUMBER: (705) 997-2375
• FAX NUMBER: (705) 997-2422
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 248, ATTAWAPISKAT, ON
• EMAILS:
• Chief JUDY SYLVIA KOOSTACHIN-METATAWABIN:
• Councillor MAGGIE KOOSTACHIN:
• Councillor TESLA FELICIA NAKOGEE:
• Councillor IGNACE PAUL GABRIEL WESLEY:
• Councillor MICHEL STEPHEN HOOKIMAWILLILLENE:
• Councillor KARA ROSE SHISHEESH:
• Councillor IGNACE XAVIER WESLEY:
• Councillor JENNIE ROSE ANNA SUTHERLAND:
• Councillor REMI GERALD WHEESK:
• Councillor ANTHONY SHELDON KENNEDY WESLEY:
• Councillor ROBERT LEONARD SUTHERLAND MERCIER:
• Councillor ALEXANDER JAMES KATAQUAPIT:
• Deputy Chief JACK JR. LINKLATER:
• General Band Office:
• Media Contact:
• Referrals Contact:
• Websites

Band Financial Statements

• 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2012 - Attawapiskat20122013.pdf
• 2011 - Attawapiskat20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Attawapiskat20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Attawapiskat20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Attawapiskat20082009.pdf
• 2007 - Attawapiskat20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Attawapiskat20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Attawapiskat20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Attawapiskat20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Attawapiskat20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Attawapiskat20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Attawapiskat20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

• 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

Intergovernmental Agreements

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Anderson v. Attawapiskat First Nations Education Authority
• Anderson v. Attawapiskat First Nations Education Authority
• Attawapiskat First Nation v. Ontario
• Attawapiskat First Nation v. Canada
• Anderson v. Attawapiskat First Nations Education Authority
• Attawapiskat First Nation v. Canada

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• 'Our society is broken': what can stop Canada's First Nations suicide epidemic?
• Two arrested following drug raid in Attawapiskat First Nation
• Finding Healing Through a Return to Traditions in Attawapiskat
• Canadian Attawapiskat First Nation suicide emergency
• Armed standoff ends peacefully in Attawapiskat
• Canada indigenous community bemoans attempted suicides
• The Canadian First Nation suicide epidemic has been generations in the making
• UN expert urges 'profound changes' in Canada to uphold First Nations' water rights
• Criminologist says new DNA cracking cold cases in record time
• Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean drinking water
• Indigenous voices left behind despite global stage recognizing Indigenous as ‘guardians of nature’
• Attawapiskat's Unsafe Water Emergency Has Been My Normal For 42 Years
• ‘These are not your lands to give away’: 6 First Nations take Ontario to court over mining law
• Pair arrested, $52K in drugs seized in Attawapiskat First Nation raid
• First Nations community grappling with suicide crisis: 'We're crying out for help'
• The Suicide Crisis in Attawapiskat in Context: The Legacy of Canada's Residential Schools
• Attawapiskat First Nation Declares State of Emergency After 101 Suicide Attempts
• Human Rights at Home: Documenting the Plight of Canada's First Nations • Larry Towell
• ‘Beautiful ways of showcasing’ Indigenous culture takes over first Hollinger fun day
• Canadian First Nation Declares State Of Emergency Over Suicide Attempts
• Attawapiskat crisis: ‘We’ve failed First Nations youth’
• Plans to rebuild Catholic church in Attawapiskat to take shape this year
• Attawapiskat crisis about human dignity, not geographic isolation
• Why First Nations Movement Is Our Best Chance for Clean Land and Water
• Hockey Cares program connecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth to hockey and life skills
• Canada: Indigenous protest movement highlights deep-rooted injustices
• In This Town, a Staggering Number of People Attempt Suicide
• First Nations leaders hold emergency meeting in Ottawa on mental health crisis
• What Attawapiskat taught me about reporting in Indigenous communities
• Spate of suicide attempts leaves Canadian indigenous community reeling
• The Suicide Emergency Among Canada’s First Nations
• Canada First Nation community in crisis amid 'almost nightly' suicide attempts
• The town where 100 young people have tried to kill themselves
• Reimagining Attawapiskat: More than a community in crisis
• What can Canada do to relieve a First Nations community in crisis?
• Canada mining boom leaves natives in the cold
• Indigenous Canadians complain of neglect as government helps refugees
• Canada's First Nations suicide emergency: Trudeau meets chief for crisis talks
• People of the Parting Rocks
• Indigenous communities and water crises — is a real solution in the works?
• 'We're in a humanitarian crisis,' Attawapiskat chief calls for more land to build adequate housing
• Canada's First Nations: a scandal where the victims are blamed
• My Attawapiskat is more than a housing crisis
• State of emergency declared over suicide epidemic in Canadian First Nation community
• Attawapiskat declares a state of emergency after 11 suicide attempts in one night
• A new partnership could see First Nations designing their own homes
• De Beers Group & Attawapiskat First Nation partner to monitor fish habitat at former Victor mine
• Kataquapit: Native people rediscover traditional beliefs
• Attawapiskat eager for church rebuild
• UN expert concerned at poor living conditions of Canada's indigenous
• This isn’t Canada’s first Indigenous suicide crisis
• Moving away is no solution for the people of Attawapiskat
• Attawapiskat council to get 2 lease proposals on Northern Store building for essential goods, services
• Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency over suicide
• Rising anger of Canada's First Nations over living conditions
• OPP make arrest in Attawapiskat murder case 50 years later
• Wishing for a summer with clean water in Attawapiskat
• The Ontario Divisional Court Weighs in on Funding Consultation
• Shannen Koostachin
• How Canada turned a blind eye to the suicide crises in First Nations
• DeBeers says there will be few signs of closed northern Ontario diamond mine by year's end
• First Nations sue over Treaty 9, raising questions on Ring of Fire
• Canadian First Nation slams DeBeers' mine waste plans
• Attawapiskat Gimme Shelter Plea Falls on Deaf Government Ears
• In Attawapiskat
• Attawapiskat declares state of emergency over water quality
• Hunger strike ends in Attawapiskat after Ottawa, Ontario sign off on task force
• Attawapiskat First Nation seeks court injunction against Ring of Fire exploration
• The plight of Canada's First Nations
• 5 more Attawapiskat youth attempt suicide in 'spiralling situation'
• Why can’t we get clean water to First Nation reserves?
• Attawapiskat state of emergency ignored by Government
• Former Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence begins hunger strike over state of community
• The Women Trying to Make Periods More Affordable in Northern Indigenous Communities
• Why a 17-year-old says she wanted 'the pain to go away'
• Attawapiskat rock band Midnight Shine puts Indigenous spin on a Neil Young classic
• Attawapiskat: Re-examining a community through photos
• 8-10 years to fix Attawapiskat water problems, chief estimates
• Indigenous youths set for 'reflective journey' across Atlantic on tall ship
• Attawapiskat First Nation Denounces Ford's Undemocratic Environmental Risk: Statement on Bill 197 Changes to the Environmental Assessment Act
• The tragedy of war is generational
• Why First Nations people can’t ‘just move’
• Songwriter brings more Cree language into his music
• The Worsening Housing Crisis Plaguing Canada’s First Nations Population
• The Canada most people don’t see
• Creasy: From Attawapiskat to Ottawa, Indigenous education rights matter
• A youth-driven movement remakes Attawapiskat
• Joseph Boyden: Attawapiskat, and the fallout of intergenerational trauma
• Women, children lead Attawapiskat march calling for permanent water fix
• Proportional funding essential for homeless Indigenous people in North Bay
• Attawapiskat Locals Say the Government Is 'Hushing' Them Out
• Almost half of all First Nations families are 'food insecure': 10-year study
• How the Attawapiskat suicide crisis unfolded
• Opinion: Troubled water: The slow drip of change in Attawapiskat is not and has never been enough
• Indigenous Services Minister assures Attawapiskat that 'Canada does care'
• 1 year after suicide crisis, Attawapiskat still lacking mental health resources
• ’Communities like Attawapiskat need more than short-term fixes’
• Q&A: Attawapiskat, Ont. musician Adrian Sutherland on the story behind his First Nations rights protest song
• Attawapiskat in state of emergency after 11 suicide attempts on Saturday; nearly 100 since August
• Attawapiskat First Nation declares state of emergency after 11 suicide attempts in one day
• Attawapiskat seeks help as COVID-19 count rises to 30 in remote First Nation in northern Ontario
• Face mask initiative sending masks with Indigenous designs to remote First Nations
• 6 First Nations challenge Ontario's Mining Act, a month after similar legal action by Grassy Narrows
• This film by an Indigenous woman highlights other Indigenous filmmakers
• Alternative financing solutions needed to close infrastructure gap, say First Nations leaders and advocates
• Kattawapiskak Keekehwin Gathering 2024
• Treaty 9 First Nations To File Claim Against Canada and Ontario Seeking Co-Jurisdiction Over Treaty 9 Lands
• Attawapiskat's housing crisis: A ground-level perspective
• Idle No More, Black Lives Matter protesters demand action on Attawapiskat suicide crisis
• Attawapiskat declares state of emergency over spate of suicide attempts
• First Nations must ‘learn from’ De Beers deal
• Lawyer says First Nations will fight Ontario government's proposed mining changes
• Justin Trudeau to meet with Attawapiskat chief, First Nations youth in Ottawa June 13
• 'Extreme frustration': Attawapiskat’s new school closed for more than a month after sprinkler flooding
• Concert to raise awareness about Indigenous water concerns set for Toronto
• ‘Nobody cares about us up there’: Attawapiskat singer songwriter Adrian Sutherland says
• I come from Omushkegowuk Aski
• Thirty years of Neskantaga First Nation’s boil water advisory
• Suicide Attempts Plague Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada (Published 2016)
• Pair arrested, $52K in drugs seized in Attawapiskat First Nation raid
• Infant in Kashechewan First Nation dies due to respiratory illness
• Why Food Is So Expensive on First Nations Reserves in Canada
• Perspective | What life is like in this Canadian town known for its suicide epidemic
• Aboriginal Housing Crisis in Canada Threatens to Explode
• Indigenous communities should dictate how $1 billion infrastructure investment is spent
• Attawapiskat could have more prosperity, but not by getting local diamond mines to shut down
• Young Greta Fleet Pleads For Government Help To Attawapiskat In Now-Viral Letter
• More than 100 people have attempted suicide in this tiny Canadian community since September
• Attawapiskat Enterprises CEO appointed to national Indigenous board
• The stained-glass windows of Attawapiskat church honour the Truth and Reconciliation journey
• Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
• Wab Kinew On Canadian Racism, Relocating Attawapiskat, And The 'Criminal' State Of Aboriginal Education
• Federal team arrives in Attawapiskat to address water crisis, department says
• Teachers confront Trudeau over Attawapiskat water crisis
• Health officials to meet with Attawapiskat families about water, O’Regan says
• Attawapiskat shacks put First Nations housing crisis into perspective
• Attawapiskat a 'deep concern' for UN rights official
• Gratitude, honour, and respect: reflections from a former Indigenous political staffer
• Family of Attawapiskat teen who killed herself calls for coroner's inquest
• Attawapiskat First Nation again in crisis after rash of suicide attempts
• ‘I wanted children like mine to witness a positive story of Indigenous family life.’
• Indigenous activists protest in Toronto, calling attention to suicide attempts in Attawapiskat
• Chief Theresa Spence Announces End to Fast
• Attawapiskat a 'deep concern' for UN rights official
• An indigenous community in Canada is fighting a suicide crisis emergency
• National Indigenous Peoples Day a time to learn and share successes
• Reimagining Attawapiskat: More than a community in crisis
• Volunteer airport searchers intercept up to $100K in drugs since May en route to Attawapiskat
• Charlie Angus calls for permanent solution to address Attawapiskat suicide crisis
• Canadian First Nation Declares State Of Emergency Over Suicide Attempts
• Chief Reports Six More Suicide Attempts in Devastated Canadian Attawapiskat Tribe
• DeBeers CEO calls for 'next evolution' in relations between industry, Indigenous peoples
• Ontario First Nations 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' as COVID-19 preparations ramp up
• Health System News Indigenous Children Eye Exam Program Expands to Saskatchewan
• Attawapiskat Enterprises CEO appointed to national Indigenous board
• Canada’s Indigenous Communities Challenge Auto Dealers
• Ontario to spend up to $2M to help Attawapiskat First Nation
• 'Third World' conditions cause of Attawapiskat water issues, Public Health doctor says
• Advocate raises concerns about Indigenous exclusion during mining conference session
• Covering the Crisis: Can Mainstream Media Attention Help Attawapiskat Long-Term?
• Ontario First Nations leaders say federal government's carbon tax is discriminatory
• Why I won’t leave my native home
• Spate of suicide attempts leaves Canadian indigenous community reeling
• Indigenous ‘Idle No More’ Movement Spreading Worldwide
• In just 24 hours, 11 people in a Canadian indigenous nation tried to commit suicide
• Government, opposition respond to UN criticism over Attawapiskat
• 5 more Attawapiskat youth attempt suicide in 'spiralling situation'
• Attawapiskat First Nation school to re-open after flood
• VIDEO: A view from Attawapiskat before the crisis
• Nov. 3-9 marks Treaties Recognition Week
• Five more suicide attempts reported in Canada First Nations community
• Alanis Obomsawin Documents a Crisis with 'The People of the Kattawapiskak River'
• There Is A Way To Fix First Nations Education. And This Is How It Starts
• Chief Spence Hospitalized, Ending Hunger Strike
• First Nations sue Ontario over Mining Act’s impact on Indigenous lands
• Chief Theresa Spence Resolute in Hunger Strike, as Her Body Weakens
• Canadian parliament to hold emergency debate on First Nation suicide crisis
• Residents of Canadian community suffering more than 100 suicide attempts: 'The damage has been done'
• 67-Year-Old Man – George Hookimaw – Charged in Historic Sexual Assault Investigation in Attawapiskat and Moosonee
• UN Indigenous peoples rapporteur expresses "deep concern" over Attawapiskat housing crisis
• Indigenous services minister vows to replace Attawapiskat's water treatment plant
• Health of Indigenous children depends on housing

Academic Research

• Attawapiskat Cree land tenure and use, 1901-1989
• Reimagining Attawapiskat: Indigenous youth voices, community engagement and mixed-media storytelling
• The Making of “Attawapiskat Is No Exception”: Positions, Implications, and Affective Responses
• Community Voices
• Life Against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat by Sarah Marie Wiebe
• " This is a continuation of genocide": Examining the pathologization of Indigeneity in the 2016 suicide crisis and state of emergency in Attawapiskat First Nation
• Indigenous communities have dealt with water crises for too long; OPINION.
• Attawapiskat: The politics of emergency
• Attawapiskat--Blend of Traditions
• Today's Colonial Legacy: Environmental Racism on Reserves
• Attawapiskat: The politics of emergency
• Today's Colonial Legacy: Environmental Racism on Reserves
• Literary Land Claims: The “Indian Land Question” from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat