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  • Ballot Initiative

Mississippi: Indian Tribe Approves Referendum Regulating the “Possession, Production, and Distribution of Marijuana on Tribal Lands”

  • by NORML
  • Posted on June 11, 2025June 17, 2025

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized Native American tribe in the state, with more than 11,000 Tribal members on 35,000 acres of territory.

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  • Legalization

South Dakota: Oglala Sioux Enacts Ordinance Legalizing Marijuana Use on Tribal Lands

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

The Oglala Sioux Tribe is the first Native American tribe to move forward to legalize marijuana use in a state that has yet to similarly regulate it.

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Marijuana Legalization
  • GOVERNMENT

Obama to Native Americans: Marijuana Legalization Is A-OK

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on December 12, 2014June 22, 2022

Department of Justice memo allows Native American tribes to cultivate, process and sell marijuana.

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Industrial Hemp Field
  • Activism

Hemp: New REASON report and Hemp Building Project at 2008 Hemp Hoe Down

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on April 10, 2008June 9, 2020

Hemp is legal for farmers to grow in virtually all countries where marijuana is still illegal and to help highlight the non-sensible government policy Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota will soon build a home constructed of hemp in conjunction with the 2008 Hemp Hoe Down.

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