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Reports from activists about their OfficeMax and Grand & Toy protests today are trickling in. It was a frigid and blustery day for a day of action, but people came out in force to demand that OfficeMax and Grand & Toy publicly support a moratorium in Grassy Narrows. In Milwaukee, activists braved -3 degree Fahrenheit [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 25, 2008
For all the people who live in cities where no action is planned, and who still want to get involved – we’ve got a great alternative to planning an action! If you want to make sure that your voice is heard, and that your local OfficeMax or Grand & Toy store manager hears our demand [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 16, 2008
RAN’s international day of action for Indigenous rights is gaining steam! As of today, January 16, activists in 27 cities in the United States and Canada are planning actions at their local OfficeMax and Grand & Toy locations to demand that the companies publicly support a logging moratorium in Grassy Narrows. We are really excited [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 7, 2008
Tension continues to mount in Grassy Narrows. We learned over the weekend that four clan mothers in the community have built a wigwam on an isolated logging road in the northern end the community’s traditional land use area in an effort to end destruction caused by industrial development. Read the ceremony notice – 1-6-07-ceremony-notice.pdf and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 10, 2007
A herd of 11 caribou migrated to OfficeMax in San Francisco today in search of their destroyed forest habitat and demanded that OfficeMax executives support the Grassy Narrows First Nation’s call for a logging moratorium on their traditional territory. The caribou began their visit to OfficeMax by continuing their migration inside the store, to the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 18, 2007
A couple of activists up in Seattle along with our old growth team sent a strong message to Weyerhaeuser and their doting subsidiary Quadrant Homes: stop logging land and forests that belong to first nation’s communities, like Grassy Narrows. Checkout the footage at Seattle’s King 5 website: http://www.king5.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=136719 Nicely done folks. More info on this [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 30, 2007
What a week RAN had in Seattle! The week of March 11th through the 15th was packed full of educational events, actions, meetings, and so much more. It’s took me a few days to get back into the swing of things here at the RAN office in San Francisco, and even more time to reflect [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 19, 2007
News helicopters captured footage of the RAN and Grassy Narrows occupation of a Quadrant home in Bothell, WA. Quadrant homes are built with Weyerhaeuser lumber taken from the territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario, Canada.
Continue reading...Thursday, March 15, 2007
It’s 4 a.m. Activists that took to the roof of a Quadrant Model home in Bothell, WA are safe at home with their friends and family. Check the news from KING5 and the Everett Herald on the newswire. Pictures are at our Flickr account. Stay tuned for video and commentary (just as soon as we [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 14, 2007
…When you Leave Ours!” – Grassy Narrows to Weyerhaeuser Breaking News from Seattle today as activists from Grassy Narrows and RAN occupied the roof of a model home at Quadrant Homes’ Bothell Development, unfurling a large banner reading “Weyerhaeuser: We’ll Leave Your Home When You Leave Ours.” The plan is to occupy the house until [...]
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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