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| Mercury Contamination and Native Peoples: Cultural, Social, Ecological and Human Health | | S-SC-3 | | Combined Oral and Poster | | This session will discuss the unique impacts of mercury contamination on Native Peoples, including American Indian tribes that fish in the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere. It will consider the interrelated cultural, social, economic, political, ecological and human health aspects and highlight tribes’ efforts to address the resulting harms. | Catherine A. O’Neill
Associate Professor of Law
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
oneillc@seattleu.edu | John Persell
Director, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Research Lab
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
P.O. Box 217
Cass Lake, MN 56633
mctwq@arvig.net | |
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