Deal with Health Canada resembles trade agreement between sovereign nations From ricochet.media by Christopher Curtis August 6 2021 Here’s a vision of what the legal cannabis industry might look like on sovereign Mohawk land. Mohawks licensing Mohawk farmers to grow cannabis for Mohawk retailers with millions in profits going back…
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Chief Del Riley, Hereditary Crane Clan Chief, former leader of the National Indian Brotherhood, past president of the Union of Ontario Indians, and past chairman of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples is doing a speaking tour to discuss the constitutionally protected Aboriginal right to cannabis. Chief Riley will be…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Unique cannabis agreements enable First Nations to break new ground in taking control of their economic destiny From BIV by Hayley Woodin June 23 2021 Last year, Williams Lake First Nation became the first Indigenous community to ink a government-to-government deal under B.C.’s Cannabis Control and Licensing Act. The agreement…
Survey shows most Manitobans see private-sector inclusion of Indigenous firms as important path forward From Winnipeg Free Press by Temur Durrani June 19 2021 Seven out of 10 Manitobans believe private-sector support for Indigenous businesses is an important pathway to healing Canada’s relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.…
From RealPeoples.Media EDITORIAL June 18, 2021 SIX NATIONS – On June 9, 2021 elected Chief Mark Hill and the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian Act Elected Band Council passed a new version of their “cannabis law” that will come “into force” on June 21, 2021. The law is a brazen attempt by elected…