‘After eight long years, we’re still dealing with the same issues,’ Dan Christmas tells senate committee. From APTN by Jesse Staniforth May 1 2026 A former senator says First Nations should have a protected right to control cannabis in their communities without interference from provincial authorities. Dan Christmas, from the Mi’kmaw Membertou First Nation, spoke…
How a tiny First Nations community in N.S. is grappling with the burning issue of cannabis
Glooscap First Nation is consulting before a vote on its first cannabis law From CBC by Elizabeth Chiu April 13 2026 n a road leading to the Glooscap First Nation, a community of a few dozen homes near Hantsport, N.S., a sign points to the band administration office. Next to it, a placard with cannabis leaves…
Become a Treaty Protector! Uphold Mi’kmaw rights and the Canadian Constitution!
The first training session for Treaty Enforcers will be held at 5pm on Tuesday, April 14th in Epekwitk (Charlottetown, PEI.) In Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick, provincial governments are unlawfully repressing Mi’kmaw truckhouses which have a lawful, treaty based authorization to “have free liberty to bring for Sale to Halifax or any other Settlement……
First Nations set up highway protests after Nova Scotia RCMP raid Potlotek cannabis dispensary
From The Halifax Examiner by Suzanne Rent April 3 2026 Dozens of members of Sipekne’katik First Nation and Millbrook First Nation organized protests on Thursday morning within hours of the news that Nova Scotia RCMP raided a cannabis dispensary on Potlotek First Nation.* Heavily armed RCMP officers raided the Sikku Shop on Highway 4 around 7:30am. A…
Case of Mi’kmaq man facing cannabis charges moves to constitutional challenge in N.S.
From APTN via The Canadian Press March 26 2026 The legal case of a Mi’kmaq man charged with selling unlicensed cannabis is moving ahead to a constitutional challenge. A provincial court judge has determined that Thomas Durfee’s treaty rights are not to be considered in the initial stage of the proceedings, and court dates for…
Re: Ongoing RCMP Actions Against Mi’kmaq Peoples – A second open letter to Supt. Jason Popik
March 22, 2026 Dear RCMP Superintendent Popik, I feel it incumbent upon me to state clearly that this letter is directed at the institutional culture of the RCMP. There are certainly many good RCMP officers in the force; however, there are also those who do not reflect the values the public would expect of its…
How did we get here? A concise, unvarnished account of the history of the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada – Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples April 2019
“In December 2016, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (the Committee) agreed to undertake an ambitious three-part study to identify concrete steps that thefederal government could take to move towards a new relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. For more than 150 years, Canadian policies and legislation attempted tocontrol Indigenous Peoples and…
An open letter to RCMP Supt. Jason Popik from Brian Dorey of Sipekne’katik
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…
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…