Pikangikum bound. Pikangikum, in northwestern Ontario is also one of the last Native communities in North America with almost a 100% retention rate of Indigenous (Ojibway) language fluency, across generations.
May 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pikangikum bound. Pikangikum, in northwestern Ontario is also one of the last Native communities in North America with almost a 100% retention rate of Indigenous (Ojibway) language fluency, across generations.
Quiet time at a busy hub: The sewing room in Pikangikum.
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Quiet time at a busy hub: The sewing room in Pikangikum.
Favourite destination of 2024 was Pikangikum and spending a week teaching photography with youth at a back-to-land camp.
December 31, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Favourite destination of 2024 was Pikangikum and spending a week teaching photography with youth at a back-to-land camp.
Scanning for moose. Pikangikum Youth Photography Camp. 11.10.24
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
October 13, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Scanning for moose. Pikangikum Youth Photography Camp. 11.10.24
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
Hello Pikangikum. You’re looking might fine.
October 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Hello Pikangikum. You’re looking might fine.
Gathering medicines last October from nature’s pharmacy. With this cough and congestion I just got, it’s a rat root and muskeg tea kinda day. Healing.
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Gathering medicines last October from nature’s pharmacy. With this cough and congestion I just got, it’s a rat root and muskeg tea kinda day. Healing.
Some of the student’s work from Eenchokay Birchstick School in Pikangikum. Including the first jingle dress made in Pikangikum.
📷 Eenchokay Birchstick School.
📷 Eenchokay Birchstick School.
May 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some of the student’s work from Eenchokay Birchstick School in Pikangikum. Including the first jingle dress made in Pikangikum.
📷 Eenchokay Birchstick School.
📷 Eenchokay Birchstick School.
Pikangikum snapshots. 51°48′N 94°00′W
Leica Sofort 2
Leica Sofort 2
May 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Pikangikum snapshots. 51°48′N 94°00′W
Leica Sofort 2
Leica Sofort 2
Pikangikum First Nation teacher finds himself lost, and found, after 23 hours in the local bush #Ontario
Dehydrated and disoriented, Micah Kipfer ultimately used the sun to navigate his way out of the thick forest
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Dehydrated and disoriented, Micah Kipfer ultimately used the sun to navigate his way out of the thick forest
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Pikangikum First Nation teacher finds himself lost, and found, after 23 hours in the local bush | CBC News
Last Tuesday, Micah Kipfer found himself lost in the bush surround Pikangikum First Nation, after becoming disoriented during what was meant to be a quick evening stroll. For the next 23 hours, the lo...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pikangikum First Nation teacher finds himself lost, and found, after 23 hours in the local bush #Ontario
Dehydrated and disoriented, Micah Kipfer ultimately used the sun to navigate his way out of the thick forest
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Dehydrated and disoriented, Micah Kipfer ultimately used the sun to navigate his way out of the thick forest
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Northwestern Ontario #Indigenous community Pikangikum First Nation files $200-million lawsuit against Ottawa over unclean drinking water, by Robert Fife, Willow Fiddler www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
Indigenous community files $200-million lawsuit against Ottawa over unclean drinking water
Pikangikum First Nation is asking for the federal government to pay into a trust that can be used to provide emergency potable water, sewage and fire prevention services
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May 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Northwestern Ontario #Indigenous community Pikangikum First Nation files $200-million lawsuit against Ottawa over unclean drinking water, by Robert Fife, Willow Fiddler www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
Pikangikum Youth Photo Camp. Lake McGinnis, fly-in camp north of Pikangikum. October 10-13.
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
October 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Pikangikum Youth Photo Camp. Lake McGinnis, fly-in camp north of Pikangikum. October 10-13.
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
📷 IPhone 15 Pro (with Leica Lux)
If you google Pikangikum you get headlines like ‘youth suicide capital’ and the only time our ‘mainstream media’ pays attention is if there’s trauma. I was privileged to spend time with youth there on the land. I’ll never forget. (and don’t expect msm to tell the truth)
November 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
If you google Pikangikum you get headlines like ‘youth suicide capital’ and the only time our ‘mainstream media’ pays attention is if there’s trauma. I was privileged to spend time with youth there on the land. I’ll never forget. (and don’t expect msm to tell the truth)
Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to the critical condition of its water and wastewater systems.
The community has implemented daily water conservation measures for months to avoid shutting down essential services.
The community has implemented daily water conservation measures for months to avoid shutting down essential services.
May 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to the critical condition of its water and wastewater systems.
The community has implemented daily water conservation measures for months to avoid shutting down essential services.
The community has implemented daily water conservation measures for months to avoid shutting down essential services.
Pikangikum First Nation held their grand opening earlier this week for their new fitness centre where UFC champion and MMA fighter George St-Pierre attended as a special guest.
First Nation has grand opening for new fitness with centre with special guest, George St-Pierre - APTN News
Pikangikum First Nation held their grand opening earlier this week for their new fitness centre...
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May 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Pikangikum First Nation held their grand opening earlier this week for their new fitness centre where UFC champion and MMA fighter George St-Pierre attended as a special guest.
The ‘emergency relief’ is part of what is now a two-pronged legal battle to improve infrastructure in the community located in northwestern Ontario | @mblackburn21.bsky.social
Pikangikum seeking ‘emergency relief’ to get safe drinking water
Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario says it's turning to the Federal Court to force Canada to provide safe drinking water for the community.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The ‘emergency relief’ is part of what is now a two-pronged legal battle to improve infrastructure in the community located in northwestern Ontario | @mblackburn21.bsky.social
Global News is, as usual, doing a poor job of reporting on a problem, in this case the boil-water advisory at Pikangikum First Nation. Here are the facts:
www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17387061...
www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17387061...
Pikangikum First Nation
Indigenous Services Canada - Water in First Nations communities - Achieving clean drinking water in First Nations communities - Active long-term drinking water advisories
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June 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Global News is, as usual, doing a poor job of reporting on a problem, in this case the boil-water advisory at Pikangikum First Nation. Here are the facts:
www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17387061...
www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17387061...
… with are great and, whatever the challenges, are the future. I care deeply about that. Photo from Pikangikum Youth Photo Camp.
October 14, 2024 at 4:31 AM
… with are great and, whatever the challenges, are the future. I care deeply about that. Photo from Pikangikum Youth Photo Camp.
Abraham Keeper of Pikangikum, Kenora District. Photographed in 1953.
📷 John Macfie | from ‘People of the Watershed’ (Figure.1 | McMichael Canadian Art Collection)
📷 John Macfie | from ‘People of the Watershed’ (Figure.1 | McMichael Canadian Art Collection)
July 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Abraham Keeper of Pikangikum, Kenora District. Photographed in 1953.
📷 John Macfie | from ‘People of the Watershed’ (Figure.1 | McMichael Canadian Art Collection)
📷 John Macfie | from ‘People of the Watershed’ (Figure.1 | McMichael Canadian Art Collection)
The Berens River bridge and road project will provide year-round road access, for the first time, to Pikangikum First Nation and six other isolated communities.
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Construction begins on Berens River bridge, a key link for Frontier Lithium’s PAK project
A milestone moment for Frontier Lithium as Pikangikum, Whitefeather authority selects Manitoba bridge builder
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February 25, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The Berens River bridge and road project will provide year-round road access, for the first time, to Pikangikum First Nation and six other isolated communities.
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The family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary; Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems.
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APTN News Brief: May 12, 2025—Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems; family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary
Our lead story: under a state of emergency due to failing water and wastewater systems, the Pikangikum First Nation seeks both $200M in immediate federal relief as well as $2B in damages for Canada...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary; Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems.
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Pikangikum First Nation has declared a state of emergency over lacking drinking water.
May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pikangikum First Nation has declared a state of emergency over lacking drinking water.
After months of failing water and wastewater infrastructure, Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ont. declares a state of emergency, stating the situation has placed it on the brink of humanitarian disaster.
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APTN News Brief: May 9, 2025—Pikangikum First Nation in northern ON declares state of emergency due to failing water and wastewater infrastructure
Our lead story: after months of failing water and wastewater infrastructure, Pikangikum First Nation in northern ON declares a state of emergency, stating the situation has placed it on the brink o...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
After months of failing water and wastewater infrastructure, Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ont. declares a state of emergency, stating the situation has placed it on the brink of humanitarian disaster.
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sky & water
The Whitefeather Forest is an Indigenous Cultural Landscape of Pikangikum people
The Whitefeather Forest is an Indigenous Cultural Landscape of Pikangikum people
May 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
sky & water
The Whitefeather Forest is an Indigenous Cultural Landscape of Pikangikum people
The Whitefeather Forest is an Indigenous Cultural Landscape of Pikangikum people
Over 2,000 people expected to evacuate from northwestern Ontario First Nations due to wildfires
People from Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake First Nations expected to fly to southern #Ontario
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People from Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake First Nations expected to fly to southern #Ontario
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Over 2,000 people expected to evacuate from northwestern Ontario First Nations due to wildfires | CBC News
Evacuations of Pikangikum and North Spirit Lake First Nations in northwestern Ontario are expected to begin Friday, as out-of-control wildfires burn near the remote communities.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Over 2,000 people expected to evacuate from northwestern Ontario First Nations due to wildfires
People from Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake First Nations expected to fly to southern #Ontario
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People from Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake First Nations expected to fly to southern #Ontario
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