Attawapiskat

[at-uh-wuh-pis-kuht]

noun

1. a river in NE Ontario, Canada, flowing E and N to James Bay. 465 miles (748 km) long.

Example Sentences

Jeronimo Kataquapit, a member of Ontario's Attawapiskat First Nation, is camped outside The Ring of Fire, a mineral-rich region located in remote northern Ontario.

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In the spring of 2016, Attawapiskat First Nation reserve in Ontario declared a state of emergency after 11 young people tried to commit suicide in one night – adding to the estimated 100 attempts made over 10 months among this community of 2,000 people.

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Last year, Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted to take their own lives in a single day.

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Last year, Ontario's Attawapiskat community saw 28 suicide attempts in March and more than 100 since September 2015.

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which represents 49 First Nation communities within northern Ontario including Wapekeka and Attawapiskat, said earlier this year that 17 people died due to suicide across the region between January 2016 and January 2017.

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