From Montana Standard by Paul Hamby & Rob Chaney May 27 2021 The Montana Legislature has ended this year with several bills making their way to Gov. Greg Gianforte that will have a lasting effect in the state’s Indian Country. Throughout the 2021 legislative session, 12 Indigenous people took their…
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From Phoenix New Times by Niki D’Andrea May 27, 2021 Cannabis advocates took their protests about the state’s “social equity” dispensary licenses to the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday morning, in a small rally that drew about two dozen people, including representatives from activist groups Arizona NORML and Our Arizona.…
From Merritt Herald by Jake Courtepatte May 27 2021 Merritt City Council has approved public consultation for a new cannabis shop. Unity Cannabis, the first cannabis shop owned by an Indigenous reserve in Canada and based out of Williams Lake, is looking to set up shop at the Adelphi Hotel.…
‘Exhausting’ dispute involves a local MP, the regional district, mad residents, lawyers, ministries, the land commission and more. From The Tyee by Katie Hyslop May 25 2021 A 10-minute drive north of Port Alberni and along the banks of Beaver Creek lies the unincorporated community known as Beaver Creek. Despite…
Trading in indigenous plants is good business, it’s worth an estimated R270-million a year with a consumer base of more than 26-million. From SABC News by Lerato Fekisi May 23 2021 Trading in traditional medicine is a multi-million rand business in South Africa. However, the practice is still very much…
Josh Giesbrecht hopes to provide job opportunities for Indigenous people in the city From APTN by Brittany Hobson May 21 2021 A First Nations man in Winnipeg is making a name for himself in the recreational cannabis business with the launch Uncle Sam’s, the city’s latest cannabis retail space. “It’s very…
From Green Bay Press Gazette by Frank Vaisvilas May 21 2021 CAMBRIDGE – Rob Pero was never much of an alcohol drinker. He doesn’t do well with it, so natural cannabis has always been his choice. And when Wisconsin launched a hemp production pilot program as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, Pero jumped at…
From Portage Online by Josh Jackson May 21 2021 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is concerned with how a cannabis dispensary located on Long Plain First Nation’s Keeshkeemaquah urban reserve is sourcing its product. The crown corporation stated in a press release circulated this week that Indigenous Bloom, located at 79…
Media Release – Long Plain First Nation MAY 21, 2021 – The leadership of the Long Plain First Nation has adopted the Long Plain First Nation Cannabis Law pursuant to section 35 of the Constitution Act, the First Nations Land Management Act and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
From The Weed Blog by Leah Maurer May 21 2021 As the cannabis legalization movement continues to gain traction and create policy change, it is essential that equity and social justice be placed at the front of the conversation, not as an afterthought. The work that is happening in Oregon…