From LeaderPost.com by Evan Radford April 23 2021 Zagime Anishinabeck is leading four communities in drafting cannabis safety standards for current and possible future on-reserve pot shops. More than two years after Ottawa legalized weed, Saskatchewan’s green industry has grown into a jurisdictional grey zone. First Nations in the province’s…
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Chief Pamajewon and a council made up of Patricia Pawis, Richard Jason, Dan Pawis, Alfred Stevens and Sherrill Judge have set election regulations that will reduce voter turnout and eliminate online voting. In the midst of a pandemic and ‘stay at home’ order, all voter are now required to travel in person to vote at the recreation centre in the First Nation on May 15th.
From APTNNews.ca by Odette Auger April 21 2021 Port Alberni community members are protesting the Beaver Creek location of a 57,000 square foot medical marijuana. Those running a healing centre for Indigenous families are concerned that a huge cannabis production facility set to be built across the street will threaten…
From shepherdexpress.com by Shelia Julson April 20 2021 Design and marketing entrepreneur Rob Pero has launched Canndigenous, a Native American owned cannabidiol (CBD) hemp company in Wisconsin. Pero is a member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The Canndigenous product line includes tinctures, six different strains…
From WLTribune.com by Rebecca Dyok April 18 2021 Development continues on B.C.’s first farm to gate cannabis facility in Williams Lake. Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) director of legal and corporate services Kirk Dressler said construction is nearing completion and that it will take about three months to get through…
About two dozen people gathered at the Shawanaga Band Council office on Monday, March 22nd to rally against the March 11th, 2021 raid by Anishinabek Police Services on the High-Way 69 Medicinal dispensary. The group was led by Hereditary Chief Del Riley, a former head of the National Indian Brotherhood, and one of the main authors and negotiators for the sections of the Canadian constitution which are meant to safeguard Aboriginal and Treaty Rights.
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The Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) has projected costs to establish an industry at Six Nations will hit almost $3 million before any structures are built or sales made according to SNCC budget documents obtained by Turtle Island News.
The Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) may be denying community members licenses to sell cannabis on the territory even though they have no legal authority to do so – and they know it.
Algonquin Amikwa Anishinaabek (Beaver People) living in Reserves #13 and #2 as described by the 1854 Rowan Proclamation and the 1850 Indians’ Protection Act are waging a legal battle to defend the Indigenous right to grow and trade cannabis.