Shkilnyk, Anastasia M., 1945-

A poison stronger than love : the destruction of an Ojibwa community / Anastasia M. Shkilnyk ; foreword by Kai Erikson ; photographs by Hiro Miyamatsu.

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1985.

xx, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"Grassy Narrows is a small Ojibwa village in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It first captured national attention in 1970, when mercury pollution was discovered in the adjacent English-Wabigoon River. In the course of the assessment of environmental damage, an even more compelling tragedy came to light. For in little more than a decade, the Indian people had begun to self-destruct. This book documents the human costs of massive and extraordinarily rapid change in a people's way of life. When well-intentioned bureaucrats relocated the Grassy Narrows band to a new reserve in 1963, the results were the unraveling of the tribe's social fabric and a sharp deterioration in their personal morale - dramatically reflected in Shkilnyk's statistics on violent death, illness, and family breakdown. The book explores the origins and causes of the suffering in the community life and describes the devastating impacts of mercury contamination on the health and livelihood of the Indian people. In essence, this is an in-depth and comprehensive study of the forces and pressures that can rend a community apart. As such it is of interest not only to those particularly concerned with the fate of aboriginal peoples on the continent but also to those more broadly concerned with human collective response to unprecedented stress. This book, illustrated with remarkable photographs, is a powerful and important document."--Back cover.

0300029977 (alk. paper)
9780300029970 (alk. paper)
0300033257 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300033250 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Ojibwa Indians Social conditions.
Indians of North America Ontario Social conditions.
Water Pollution Ontario.
Indians of North America.
Social history.
Indians, North American
Social Conditions
Water Pollution
Ojibwa Conditions sociales.
Peuples autochtones Amérique du Nord Ontario Conditions sociales.
Eau Pollution Ontario.
Premières Nations Ontario Conditions sociales.
Peuples autochtones Amérique du Nord.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
Indians of North America Social conditions
Soziale Situation
Wasserverschmutzung
Lebensbedingungen
Drinkwater.
Vergiftiging.
Alcoholgebruik.
Ojibwa (volk)
Indigenous peoples Ontario Social conditions
English River Indian Reserve No. 21 (Ont.)
English River no 21 (Ont. : Réserve indienne)
Ontario
Ontario English River Indian Reserve No. 21
Ojibwa.
Canada North American Indians Social conditions

Erikson, Kai, 1931- writer of foreword.
Miyamatsu, Hiro, photographer.

Location: Library main 309750
Call No.: BIB 253628
Status: Available

Location: Library main 292669
Call No.: BIB 237058
Status: Available