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:: Timmins Press :: First Nation youth protest national meeting regarding Bill C5

Ramon Kataquapit, Jeronimo Kataquapit and Danny Metatawabin were among those participating in the First Nation protest in Ottawa as Chiefs met with Prime Minister Mark Carney concerning Bill C5, on July 17. Photo by RAY HOOKIMAW /ATTAWAPISKAT FIRST NATION

Jeronimo Kataquapit led a group of 20 young First Nation protesters to the entrance of the meeting where they were turned away by security.

First Nation youth from Northern Ontario protested a major meeting between hundreds of Chiefs and Prime Minister Mark Carney, on July 17.

The federal government set up the meeting with the Chiefs in a tightly controlled event that was held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que.

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https://www.timminspress.com/news/first-nation-youth-protest-national-meeting-regarding-bill-c5

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CBC Radio :: Ottawa Morning :: First Nations families protest Ontario & federal development laws

Jeronimo Kataquapit and his father on the Attawpaiskat River with the CBC Ottawa Radio logo

July 17, 2025

Jeronimo Kataquapit and his family are planting flags and teepee poles every half-kilometre along the Attawapiskat River to show their continued use of the land and opposition to Ontario’s Bill 5 and the federal government’s Bill C-5. He’s hoping to tell the Prime Minister all about it in Ottawa today.

…. to listen to the radio interview, please click on the link below

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/16158396-first-nations-families-protest-ontario-and-federal-development

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:: Timmins Press :: Chiefs throw support behind youth-led protest against controversial resource legislation

Chiefs show their support for a youth-led protest against Bill 5 and Bill C-5 on the banks of the Attawapiskat River on July 1. From left are: Chief Elizabeth Kataquapit of Fort Albany FN, Chief Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin of Attawapiskat FN, Jeronimo Kataquapit, Chief Gary Quisses of Neskantaga, Grand Chief Leo Friday of Mushkegowuk Council and Chief Hosea Wesley of Kashechewan FN. Jeronimo Kataquapit/Supplied photo

Northern First Nation chiefs and leaders came together on the Attawapiskat River on July 1 to show their support for a youth-led protest against Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5.
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They came to meet with Jeronimo Kataquapit, a First Nation youth from Attawapiskat First Nation who is leading a protest to occupy the land and water way that the people of the Attawapiskat River call home.

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https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/chiefs-throw-support-behind-youth-led-protest-against-controversial-resource-legislation

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:: Wawatay News :: Here We Stand – A Call To Action

photo provided by Jeronimo Kataquapit 'Here We Stand - Call to Action' on the banks of the Attawapiskat River on July 1 were Jeronimo Kataquapit and First Nation Chiefs and Grand Chief who came together in a show of solidarity. From L-R are: Chief Elizabeth Kataquapit of Fort Albany FN, Chief Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin of Attawapiskat FN, Jeronimo Kataquapit, Chief Gary Quisses of Neskantaga, Grand Chief Leo Friday of Mushkegowuk Council and Chief Hosea Wesley of Kashechewan FN.

Northern First Nation Chiefs and leaders came together on the Attawapiskat River on July 1 to show their support for a youth led protest against Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5. They came to meet with Jeronimo Kataquapit, a First Nation youth from Attawapiskat First Nation who is leading a protest to occupy the land and water way that the people of the Attawapiskat River call home. Kataquapit and the Chiefs held a gathering that included leaders and community members and youth from Neskantaga First Nation to discuss their concerns and show to government that their people still use and live on the river.

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https://wawataynews.ca/breaking-news/here-we-stand-%E2%80%93-call-action

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Canadian Press :: Two First Nations setting up encampment near proposed bridge to Ring of Fire

Jeronimo Kataquapit, right, and his father James A. Kataquapit, from Attawapiskat First Nation, are shown on the Attawapiskat River in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Jeronimo Kataquapit (Mandatory Credit)

Liam Casey The Canadian Press
Jun 26, 2025 Updated Jun 26, 2025

A political decision one thousand kilometres from Jeronimo Kataquapit’s home in a remote First Nation near James Bay set the course for his summer.

Now, the 20-year-old from Attawapiskat First Nation, his father, mother and older brother are headed upriver in two 24-foot freighter canoes on a 400-kilometre journey to “reassert First Nations’ presence” near the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario.

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https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/two-first-nations-setting-up-encampment-near-proposed-bridge-to-ring-of-fire/article_c9de4267-d9e2-511b-9926-03905e552a5f.html

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CBC :: First Nations families in Ontario protest development laws by reasserting presence on the land

Jeronimo Kataquapit and his family are planting flags and teepee poles every half kilometre along the Attawapiskat River to demonstrate their continued use of the land. (Jeronimo Kataquapit/Facebook )

by Faith Greco (with files from Markus Schwabe)

A family travelling on the Attawapiskat River in Ontario’s far north has been planting flags — created by Attawapiskat First Nation families — as a symbol of protest after the passing of provincial and federal laws created to fast-track development.

Bill 5, the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, allows Ontario to create special economic zones, where companies or projects can be exempted from having to comply with provincial laws, regulations or municipal bylaws.

Attawapiskat First Nation is downstream from the mineral-rich Ring of Fire, which Premier Doug Ford wants to designate as a special economic zone.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/first-nations-families-in-ontario-protest-development-laws-by-reasserting-presence-on-the-land-1.7568643

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:: Timmins Press :: Here we Stand aims to show Ring of Fire is occupied land

I’ve been filled with a renewed sense of hope for the future through the work of filmmaker Jeronimo Kataquapit, who has made it his mission to highlight the connection that the people of Attawapiskat have to the land and its waters.

“We keep hearing government and industry saying that nobody uses the land up there anymore — so, according to them, developing the Ring of Fire should have minimal impact on First Nations,” he said.

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https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/here-we-stand-aims-to-show-ring-of-fire-is-occupied-land

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Windspeaker :: Northern Ontario First Nation youth protest Bill 5

Chief Jennifer Constant, of Mattagami First Nation (centre) is photographed with First Nation youth at the Youth Led Protest Against Bill 5 in Timmins, Ont. on June 6. Photo by Xavier Kataquapit

“This is an important event for me to take part in because this government action will affect my future and it will affect everything including the land, the water and the animals everywhere,” said event organizer 20-year-old Leeon Prince of Mattagami First Nation.

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https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/northern-ontario-first-nation-youth-protest-bill-5