Press statement
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GRASSY NARROWS -- Three Indigenous peoples of Canada have just returned from speaking in three Japanese communities as part of the screening of Tadashi Orui's film titled "The Scars of Mercury," hosted by the Kumamoto Gakuen University Minamata Research team.
Asubpeeschoseewagong and Wabaseemoong delegates were in Japan for September 6-18, 2011.
Chief Simon R. Fobister says that "We had an opportunity to share our mercury poisoning experience and symptoms of Minamata Disease with the people of Japan. Some were surprised that Minamata Disease was so global. Also, they had better compensation structured settlements and medical supports then our tw6 communities which inspired us to seek the same for our people."
"We are still fighting for justice for the mercury that was dumped in our river which continues to poison our bodies," said Judy Da Silva, a delegate from Grassy Narrows. "Our people require control over our lands and our lives in order to heal the damage that residential schools, mercury, resource extraction, and over-logging have done to our culture, or livelihood, and our bodies."
"We are connected to the people of Minamata Japan through our experience of a shared history with [...]
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