Indigenous leaders sounding alarm over implications of legal pot regime: Isadore Day, the Ontario regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said he fears for Indigenous community safety because the federal government is moving too quickly.
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Reprinted from the Globe and Mail, Dec 6, 2017. By GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA – First Nations leaders say they must be given the right to govern the sale and distribution of legalized marijuana within their communities and to set the laws that will oversee its use by their people. Chiefs…
In this interview Kanenhariyo speaks about his understandings of Onkwehon:we medicine, especially as it concerns the cannabis plant. YouTube Version Vimeo Version
Jeff Hawk, of Green Health for Six Nations dispensary speaks about a previous meeting held with Band Council health agencies in which they expressed interest in healing with cannabis and working with indigenous dispensaries. At that initial meeting it was agreed a public community meeting needed to be held –…
Dayle Bomberry, Senior Administrative Officer of the Six Nations Elected Band Council (SNEC) – the arm of the Canadian federal government which has been administering the Indian Act at Six Nations since its forcible imposition in 1924 – has personally decided to cancel the booking of a public meeting to discuss the…
Marijuana debate leaves First Nations weighing pros and cons: Is it a cash crop to lift struggling First Nations out of poverty, or a vice posing a particular risk for a vulnerable population?
Metis, First Nations say they also won't be ready for legal pot by next summer: Leaders of indigenous groups have joined a growing list of people asking the federal government to delay its plans to make recreational marijuana legal in Canada by next summer
By Jorge Barrera | APTN National News | September 14, 2017 The federal Liberal government’s point-man on legalizing marijuana said more talks between Ottawa, the provinces and First Nations are needed to sort out how the looming pot law will apply on reserves. Liberal MP Bill Blair, who is also parliamentary secretary…
Ontario’s proposed marijuana distribution system is “an unprecedented opportunity” for First Nations, but poses “considerable risks,” warns Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day.
This Indigenous Community Might Be the Best Place to Sell Weed In Canada: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the Indigenous cannabis capital of Turtle Island. In this fiercely independent Mohawk community of 8000 people on the Bay of Quinte, east of Belleville