The Navajo Tribe is hoping to begin growing industrial hemp on its native lands next year, but there are numerous hurdles to be cleared before the first seeds can be planted. The tribe has signed a resolution and entered into the final stages of an agreement with Native American-owned CannaNative, an organization created to help […]
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Hemp – Gold Mine For Native American Tribes
Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industrial hemp could do the same. Under U.S. law, hemp – which comes from the same family of plants that produce marijuana – can be grown only for research, with a […]
Native American Meeting Gets Medical-Pot Provider as Sponsor
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The Art of Leonard Peltier: Native American Political Prisoner
In 1977, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier has spent nearly 40 years in federal prison. His trial remains one of the most controversial in the history… Read article here: High Times
Grow Hack: 5 Ways Native Plants Help Cannabis Growers
Outdoor cannabis growers try to take advantage of every square foot of their farm for their crop, but the distribution of space can’t always be perfect. Weeds normally try and populate the leftover space next to roadways and in between plots, but what if you could u… Read article here: High Times
Native American Tribes Converge to Discuss Marijuana Legalization
Representatives from dozens of tribes converged in Washington state this week to discuss marijuana legalization and the potential creation of a tribal cannabis association. Read article here: High Times
Cannabusiness: Approved to Grow, Native American Tribes Join the Green Revolution
The 250-memberPinolevillePomoNation, just outsideUkiah, last month inked a deal with United Cannabis of Colorado and Kansas-basedFoxBarryFarms to grow medical marijuana on the tribe'srancheria, afterthe U.S. Justice Depa… Read article here: High Times
Over 100 Native American Tribes Consider Weed Trade
Although previous reports indicated that Native American tribes were apprehensive over the federal government’s prosecution free offer to allow the operation of a recreational marijuana industry on tribal lands, the latest word is that a plethora of tribes have sinc… Read article here: High Times
California’s Native American Tribes Unsure About Selling Cannabis
In an historic move to respect Native American sovereignty earlier this month, the USDepartment ofJusticeissued a memoinstructing US attorneys to not interfere with tribes cultivating or selling cannabis on reservation lands. The caveat is that the… Read article here: High Times
Native Americans Granted Legalization of Marijuana On Reservation Lands
In a memorandum released Thursday, the Justice Department announced it will instruct all U.S. attorneys to NOT prevent Native American tribes from cultivating or selling marijuana on reservation lands in spite of any state laws that may be in place. High Times