February 27, 2026 Dear Supt. Jason Popik, Following the “license inspection” operation your members conducted on unceded Mi’kmaq aboriginal rights and title lands – lands that have a proven continuous use and occupancy by the Mi’kmaq for 6,500 years – you felt compelled to put out a media statement in which you denigrated the collective…
Month: February 2026
Tribally-owned cannabis operations as a model for regulatory development
From MMJdaily February 4 2026 In much of the US, cannabis is still framed as a regulatory puzzle. For Indigenous nations, it is also a question of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and how economic development intersects with community responsibility. On the eastern end of Long Island, Little Beach Harvest operates as a tribally owned cannabis business of the Shinnecock…
Court: State lacks authority to prosecute Indian Country pot case
From The Minnesota Reformer by Mike Mosedale February 2, 2026 A Minnesota court dismissed a case against an Ojibwe man who was charged with first degree felony possession of marijuana after police seized more than 7 pounds of cannabis during a raid at his reservation-based tobacco shop. In an opinion issued Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that…