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On Friday Aug. 8, grassroots First Nation youth welcomed the arrival of the Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseego-stamok walkers to Queens Park, the seat of the Ontario government in Toronto. 

The walking group completed more than 700 kilometres during their 22-day journey from Timmins, Ont. 

A combined rally with groups Youth Rising Together and Okiniwak was organized to demonstrate dissatisfaction with Ontario’s Bill 5 legislation, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, and Canada’s Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, which encompasses the Building Canada Act. The new laws are designed to fast track major development projects, including mining and resource extraction, and would impact Indigenous rights and territory.

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Grassroots First Nation youth welcomed the arrival of the Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseego-stamok walkers at Queens Park in Toronto on Friday August 8, 2025. The walking group completed their 22 day and over 700 km walking journey from downtown Timmins to Queens Park at a combined rally held together with First Nation youth groups Youth Rising Together and Okiniwak. The awareness walk and rally at Queen’s Park was organized by these grassroots youth movements to show their dissatisfaction of Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5.

The youth walkers ceremoniously walked onto Queen’s Park at 1pm on Friday together with other youth leadership representatives. They were greeted with a traditional pipe ceremony led by Conrad Iahtail (Nahpaysh Miishenish Aisipi), of Attawapiskat FN and traditional drum performances.

“It was an emotional arrival for us all as it was a very powerful journey where we made so many connections. We wanted to take part in a grassroots movement that represents First Nation youth and show everyone that we are only answerable to our ancestors, our Kookooms (grandmothers) and Mooshooms (grandfathers) and to the Creator. We are not tied to any political organization which is why we created this movement because we only have our voice and the fire within us,” said Tristan Ashishkeesh, youth walker.

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Attawapiskat First Nation is preparing for an upcoming local election for leadership set to take place on August 29, 2025. The community recently held a nomination meeting at the Reg Louttit Sportsplex Gym on Thursday July 31, 2025 to allow community members to nominate candidates for the election. The community will be electing leaders for the position of Chief, Deputy Chief and 11 Council members. The meeting included members of Attawapiskat FN as well as First Nation members who participated through live online teleconferencing from different locations.

The general election day will take place on August 29 from 9am to 8pm and a single advance voting day will be held on August 16 from 11am to 3pm in the community. The advance voting day is being held for community members who will not be able to attend the general election day.

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https://www.wawataynews.ca/breaking-news/nomination-meeting-held-attawapiskat-chief-and-council

First Nation youth are continuing the push to make themselves heard with the actions of Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseegostamok, a James Bay Cree phrase that means ‘Uniting the People to Stand Together’. The group has started a protest walk to travel from Timmins to Queen’s Park in the city of Toronto to bring awareness and attention to their dissatisfaction of Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5.

“This protest is a call to the provincial and federal government to repeal Bill 5 and Bill C-5 as it has destroyed indigenous and government relations and trust,” said Tristan Ashishkeesh, one of the lead founders of the movement.

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First Nation youth continue to push to make themselves heard with the actions of Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseegostamok, a Cree phrase that translates to Uniting the People to Stand Together.

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The group has started a protest walk to travel from Timmins to Queen’s Park in Toronto to bring awareness and attention to their dissatisfaction over Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5.

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https://www.timminspress.com/news/first-nation-youth-protest-queens-park

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

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.

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

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Canada – A family of four is paddling 400 km down the Attawapiskat River, turning the waterway into a moving protest against Ontario’s Bill 5 and Ottawa’s Bill C-5.

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https://www.teaonews.co.nz/video/2025/07/08/aptn-family-paddles-attawapiskat-river-to-protest-against-bills

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