This Struggle is Real: Grassy Narrows is a Legacy of Destruction, Not a Movie
Introduction
The story of the Grassy Narrows mercury contamination could have been taken directly from a Hollywood movie, but it is not a movie it is an enduring legacy. This tragedy has affected both young and old members of this First Nation community for many years. Grassy Narrows, Ontario, is located in the Kenora District on the English-Wabigoon river system, 89 kilometres northeast of Kenora (Bray, 2009), The Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation (grassynarrows.ca, n.d.), with a registered population of 1,115 members of whom approximately 951 members currently live on the reserve. This First Nations community has called Grassy Narrows home for hundreds of years, from even prior to the 1873 treaty between the Federal government the Grassy Narrows First Nations and the Ojibway tribes (grassynarrows.ca, n.d.).…