KITIGAN-ZIBI – From June 9th to July 15th, 2023 a grassroots committee of Kitigan Zibi residents conducted a community survey to learn more about their people’s attitudes to cannabis. 114 people responded to the survey and they overwhelmingly came out in support of a sovereign and medicinal approach to cannabis…
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From Net News Ledger July 5 2023 TORONTO – Business – Indigenous entrepreneurs Isadore Day, hailing from the Ojibway tribe of Serpent River First Nation, and Thomas Lahache, a member of the Mohawk from the Kahnawake Nation, have joined forces to re-launch the renowned Red Market Brand. Their partnership not only…
Since 2022 a growing number of Indigenous trading posts and cannabis shops have opened up on traditional Indigenous territories off-reserve. Anishinaabe, Algonquin, Chippewa, Mohawk, Mississauga, Mi’kmaq, and Oneida entrepreneurs have all opened up shops off reserve on their traditional territory. At 4pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 join us for…
“It is safe and we are taking into account the neighbours,” Jackson said. “Respecting our neighbours and (not) having people hanging around is something we take seriously. We can’t be serving people cannabis and then they get in their car and they drive away after smoking on the premises. And we have no qualms about having a dialogue with anyone in the community. We’re open to that.
The Hereditary Crane Clan Chief of the Chippewa Nation said there are about 500 other stores across the country operating similarly to Organic Solutions – without a permit, an endeavour to rebuild an Indigenous economy From Stratford Today by Connor Luczka June 9 2023 The owner of an unlicensed cannabis…
The Eastern Cherokee were poised to dominate North Carolina’s cannabis industry. What happened? From truthdig by Daniel Elkind June 1 2023 In May of 2021, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians legalized medical marijuana and decriminalized small amounts of cannabis. In one stroke of the pen, the tribe created an…
“The Shinnecock are thrilled with the construction and look forward to officially opening its doors soon.” From Patch News by Lisa Finn May 31 2023 SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A new day is set to dawn for the Shinnecock Nation as the Little Beach Harvest cannabis dispensary readies to open. “Construction…
PRESS RELEASE – NEWSWIRE.CA – MAY 9 2023 OTTAWA, ON, May 9, 2023 /CNW/ – Medicine Wheel Natural Healing became the first Anishinaabe sovereign cannabis dispensary in Canada when it opened its doors in Alderville First Nation in 2017. Now, with the support of former National Chief Delbert Riley, Medicine Wheel Natural Healing has opened a new location…
From Castanet by Jon Manchester May 5 2023 The owner of an Indigenous-owned cannabis shop in Vernon that was the focus of enforcement raids in 2020 is suing the provincial government. In a petition to BC Supreme Court made in Vancouver May 2, Cory Patrick Brewer, president of the Syilx…
Medicine Wheel Natural Healing became the first Anishinaabe sovereign cannabis dispensary in Canada when it opened its doors in Alderville First Nation in 2017. Now, with the backing of former National Chief Delbert Riley, Medicine Wheel has opened a new location on unceded Algonquin land in at 196 Beechwood Ave. in Vanier, Ottawa.