From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti December 20 2024 Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis. “I fought from beginning to end in 1990, in the forest every night,” he said. Now 73 years…
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Wisconsin Wellness aims to address medicinal cannabis legalization through a tiered approach of education, storytelling and vetting current and new representatives in the legislature. From Shepherd Express by Shelia Julson September 26 2024 As calls grow louder for common-sense legalization of medicinal cannabis in Wisconsin, more diverse voices are joining…
The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association (ICIA) and the Wisconsin Tribal Task Force on Cannabis will hold a press conference on its new statewide wellness campaign on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The ICIA, a national cannabis advocacy nonprofit based in Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Tribal Task Force on Cannabis, a coalition of the…
ps on Cannabis and Mental Health – First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health – First Nations, Inuit, and Métis From The Mental Health Commission of Canada August 15 2024 Over the past five years, the MHCC has led a pan-Canadian research program to…
Quebec decision on Mohawk tobacco trade a ‘game-changing advancement’ in Aboriginal law, says lawyer
Quebec decision on Mohawk tobacco trade a ‘game-changing advancement’ in Aboriginal law, says lawyer
Court proposes new test to determine existence of Aboriginal right based on Indigenous legal system From Canadian Lawyer Mag by Aidan Macnab November 7 2023 A Quebec court has proposed a new test for determining the existence of an Aboriginal right based on whether the right was protected in the…
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…
“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.
From CTV News by Lyndsay Armstrong June 13 2023 An Indigenous-led harm reduction research project has been given about $1.2 million by Health Canada to investigate treatment options for people living with opioid use disorder. “I’m very proud of this Indigenous-led, strategic, multi-partnered, research-backed, wellness and harm reduction project,” Roger…
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.
The panel will be composed of 3 substance use and addiction experts and 2 lawyers From Mugglehead Magazine by Natalia Buendia Calvillo November 25 2022 Canadian health ministers have announced the experts that will be part of the panel on the legislative review of the cannabis act. However, some experts…