Grassy Narrows Celebrates 10 Years of Historic Blockade
On December 2, 2002 the Indigenous youth of the Grassy Narrows First Nation lay down in the path of industrial logging machines—blocking access to their tribal homeland in Northern Ontario,…
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Grassy Narrows Seeks Justice After 4 Decades of Mercury Poisoning
RAN supported the community of Grassy Narrows in Ontario, Canada with a $3,000 grant facilitated through our role as an advisor to Global Greengrants Fund for 2 public events in…
Update on Logging Grassy Narrows
Regular Understory readers will remember that Grassy Narrows first Nation succeeded in suspending logging within its traditional territory last year (newbies can read all about it). Since then, Grassy’s been…
Canada Looking for Terrorists in Grassy Narrows
The National Post just reported that Canada’s top Federal spooks were keeping *really* close tabs on last year’s National Day of Action for Native Rights–apparently including protests planned in support…
Grassy Narrows Victory Conference Call Thursday!
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know by know that RAN’s Old Growth Campaign had a major victory last week when AbitibiBowater, the largest paper company in the world,…
Grassy Narrows Victory Conference Call Thursday!
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know by know that RAN’s Old Growth Campaign had a major victory last week when AbitibiBowater, the largest paper company in the world,…
Grassy Narrows Victory Conference Call Thursday!
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know by know that RAN’s Old Growth Campaign had a major victory last week when AbitibiBowater, the largest paper company in the world,…
Message from JB Fobister in Grassy Narrows
JB Fobister is a Grassy Narrows member who has been a key part of the community’s work towards self-determination. He sends this message: Six years ago when we blocked the…
Grassy Narrows Wins. For Real.
It was a regular day at RAN today, full of meetings and discussions with my ever so talented colleagues. Until about 3pm when David Sone, my fellow Old Growth campaigner,…
Grassy Narrows Wins. For Real.
It was a regular day at RAN today, full of meetings and discussions with my ever so talented colleagues. Until about 3pm when David Sone, my fellow Old Growth campaigner,…