Attawapiskat First Nation Declares State of Emergency After 101 Suicide Attempts

Daniel Mesec
4/13/16
The Northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency on April 9, the same day that 11 residents attempted suicide—one of them reportedly as young as 10...

Alanis Obomsawin Documents a Crisis with 'The People of the Kattawapiskak River'

Dominique Godreche
5/27/13
In October 2011, due to its unacceptable housing situation, the Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency, and a media feeding frenzy ensued over the tribe's living c...

Chief Theresa Spence, Attawapiskat and International Indian Treaty Council File Urgent Action Request with U.N. Human Rights Body

Gale Courey Toensing
2/19/13
The legal fight against Canada’s omnibus Bill C-45 and its environmentally focused companion, Bill C-38, has gone international, with an appeal to the United Nations Office of the ...

Spence Leaves Hospital, Joins Honoring Ceremony and Signs 13-Point Declaration

ICTMN Staff
1/24/13
Supporters presented Chief Theresa Spence with gifts, gratitude and praise on Thursday January 24 as the Attawapiskat First Nation leader arrived from the hospital after a brief st...

Theresa Spence Not Satisfied With Governor General Meeting, Continues Fasting

ICTMN Staff
1/12/13
First Nations were split over the effectiveness of meetings between their leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a later gathering with Governor General David Johnston on Frida...

Harper Meeting Hangs in Balance as Spence and Other Chiefs Pressure AFN to Cancel Without Governor General

ICTMN Staff
1/11/13
Governor General David Johnston said on Thursday that he would host a “ceremonial meeting” with First Nations leaders after they met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on January 1...

Theresa Spence Refuses to Meet Without Governor General, Draws Up Will

ICTMN Staff
1/10/13
Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence, fasting for the past month in demand of a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston, has said s...

Idle No More Has Voices of the Future Generation Caught on Video

ICTMN Staff
1/2/13
The Idle No More movement has swept the globe over the last 22 days as Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence continues her hunger strike...

Idle No More Support: Ojibwe Woman Embarks on 1,400-mile Journey to D.C.

David P. Ball
12/31/12
When Mishkomekinaak Ikwe learned about the Idle No More movement exploding across Canada, and Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike – now on its 21st day –...

Chief Theresa Spence Resolute in Hunger Strike, as Her Body Weakens

David P. Ball
12/24/12
As Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence enters her 13th day of a hunger strike protest on December 24—surviving on only medicine tea and fish broth in a tipi near Parliam...

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