Name Attawapiskat Type River & Settlement Usage Cree Scripts ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᑐᐎ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ(Cree) Edit Status Status Meaning & History River and town in Ontario, Canada. From the Attawapiskat people, meaning "people of the parting of the rocks", or Āhtawāpiskatowi ininiwak.