By Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com ATTAWAPISKAT – A student from Attawapiskat First Nation is using his university savings to lead a campaign aimed at reasserting Indigenous presence in the Ring of Fire and challenging the narrative that no one uses the land. Jeronimo Kataquapit, a 20-year-old filmmaker and post-secondary student at the University of Waterloo, has launched a movement called Here We Stand. “This needs to happen,” Kataquapit told TimminsToday. “The land is a large part of who I am. It’s who my parents are. It’s who our ancestors were. The message we’re sending is: we are still here.” On Monday (June 16), Kataquapit and his family began a 20-kilometre journey by boat along the Attawapiskat River to plant community flags and tipi poles at sites of cultural…
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