Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
56419463
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LAC copy
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Author
Kneen, Soha,1970-
Title
Where have all the traplines gone? : the mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River System and its consequences on the Ojibway of Grassy Narrows.
Degree
M.A. -- Carleton University, 2002
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2004]
Description
2 microfiches.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This thesis evaluates whether or not the knowledge of the mercury contamination between the late 1960's and to 1973 has had an effect on the dietary habits and traditional subsistence practices of the Ojibway of Grassy Narrows. Of particular interest to this thesis is how the residents of Grassy Narrows have been made aware of dangers to their health as a result of the mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River System, and how they have responded to this information. The results of this thesis support the conclusion that knowledge of the mercury contamination of the late 1960's up to 1973 has had a severe effect on these Ojibway, which has resulted in a shift in their dietary habits and traditional subsistence practices. The mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River System was, however, not the sole cause for this change in diet and the resulting economic, social, cultural and health impacts. The relocation of this community, the subjection of its children to the residential school system, and the mercury contamination all contributed to the adverse effects that have been affecting this community for the past thirty-two years.
ISBN
0612796434
9780612796430