The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association launches new cannabis enthusiast level membership for individuals to join From Leaf Nation by Steve Elliot March 28 2023 The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association (ICIA) has launched “Friends of ICIA” membership level. The move is backed by legendary actor and musician Gary Farmer. The ICIA, a nonprofit…
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The B.C. Cannabis Summit returns to Kelowna for a second year From Kelowna Capital News by Brittany Webster March 27 2023 The B.C. Craft Farmers Co-op has announced that All Nations Mestiyexw will be the title partner at the 2023 B.C. Cannabis Summit in Kelowna. All Nations is an Indigenous-led…
Exploring the island’s Indigenous roots and futures From Long Island Weekly by Janet Burns March 24 2023 Our last installment left off in the island’s East End, where European colonists who grew hemp for sails and rigging left their mark behind with the name ‘Hamptons.’ For this installment, we return to Eastern…
From Forbes by Joan Oleck March 23 2023 According to historians, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has lived on eastern Long Island for 10,000 years, rather a longer residency than the denizens of the surrounding uber-wealthy and celebrity-studded “Hamptons” can claim. Yet longevity has provided little leverage to the tribe’s leaders in recent…
Chris, Kyle and Cody Caplin are brothers who live at Ugpi'ganjig and who have been on the front lines of the Micmac fight for economic sovereignty for years. Like hundreds of other Indigenous entrepreneurs, when Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, Chris and Cody Caplin opened a sovereign trading post to sell cannabis on reserve. With wide ranging support for the use of cannabis as a medicine in the community, five other cannabis shops followed the lead of the Medicine Cabinet, and have helped to build a thriving cannabis economy in the community.
Mississaugas of the Credit Medicine Wheel rejects “centuries of economic genocide” From The Varsity by Georgia Kelly January 29 2023 At the College and Spadina intersection just off the UTSG campus, a Mississaugas of the Credit (MC) Medicine Wheel cannabis dispensary proudly operates without an Ontario license. The 289 College Street store…
From Hemp Today by Caren Kershner January 18 2023 Alberta, Canada-based Siksik’a Nation has introduced a range of own-brand seed-based products following a successful hemp harvest on tribal fields that totaled 130 acres last autumn year. The launch of the Siksik’a Nation brand marks advancement on the hemp side of…
In December of last year, the Cape Breton Regional Police Service carried out multiple raids in Membertou First Nation in violation of the constitutionally protected Aboriginal and Treaty Rights of several Mi’kmaq men. On December 13th, 2022 the municipal police force entered into federal “lands reserved for Indians” and raided the premises of Sully's Trading Post and Belly Busters Pizza & Donair to enforce provincial laws.
The Seneca Nation aims to formally enter the cannabis industry early this year. From Democrat and Chronicle by Adria R Walker January 13 2022 Construction is underway on Nativa Cannabis, a 2,500-square-foot dispensary that will be located on the Seneca Nation’s Niagara Falls territory at the corner of John Daly…
From Shepperd Express Staff January 12 2023 The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association (ICIA) will be hosting the “Wisconsin Cannabis Industry and Policy Summit” in Milwaukee on February 15th and 16th at the Hilton City Center. The summit, which is powered by Wisconsin-based Indigenous Business Group, will bring together cannabis and…