That hasn’t stopped Matthew Bell, a Bear Clan member of the Potawatomi nation, from seeking a different path – one which his fiercely independent ancestors travelled themselves. Instead of operating under Canada’s licensing system – which was devised without consulting Indigenous people – Bell is taking a stand for sovereignty.
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From Kahnawake.com by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke July 5 2021 The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Health Canada in relation to the Cannabis industry on the Territory. “This MOU is an important step in…
‘The province wants obviously direct control of anything and everything,’ Dennis Meeches says CBC News • Jul 04, 2021 The chief of a First Nation being sued by the province over the operation of a cannabis store on its treaty lands says the legal action has nothing to do with health…
By David Brown, Stratcann, July 2, 2021. Manitoba’s Attorney General announced today they have brought a lawsuit seeking to shut down an unlicensed retailer operating in the province. The lawsuit seeks an interim and permanent injunction against Indigenous Bloom Long Plain GP and its owners, Long Plain First Nation, and Indigenous Bloom…
Government of Manitoba Press Release July 2 2021 Manitoba Justice advises today the attorney general has brought a lawsuit seeking an interim and permanent injunction against Indigenous Bloom Long Plain GP Ltd. and its owners, Long Plain First Nation, and Indigenous Bloom CGT Corp., to stop the unlicensed sale of…
In his book How Europe underdeveloped Africa, Pan-African, historian, Walter Rodney defines culture, “A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.” From…
Picuris Pueblo Plays the Game of Precedence From The Paper by Jonathon Sims June 29 2021 Tribal cannabis. Two of the most scary words, apparently, for the federal government. Pueblo cannabis. Two words no one in N.M. wants to really get down and talk about. Is it because this may…
From The Merritt Herald by Jake Courtepatte June 28 2021 The decision to recommend a licence to a new cannabis shop downtown has been pushed to a later date after receiving public input. Unity Cannabis, the first cannabis shop owned by an Indigenous reserve in Canada and based out of…
The Songhees First Nation opened the first of two cannabis retail stores in downtown Victoria on Friday. Seed & Stone Songhees Edition at 901 Gordon St. From Times Colonist by Darron Kloster June 26 2021 The Songhees First Nation opened the first of two cannabis retail stores in downtown Victoria…
Chief Del Riley, Constitutional negotiator and former National Indian Brotherhood President, tours Medicine Wheel in Alderville First Nation and sits down for a conversation about cannabis and Indigenous sovereignty with Rob Stevenson.