The following are some resources concerning Indigenous cannabis.
Traditional means of regulating cannabis in Mohawk Communities
Cannabis regulations
Dispensing Freedom has compiled various cannabis laws from a number of different communities. If you have a cannabis law that you would like to add to the listing, please send us a copy at dispensingfreedom@gmail.com and we’ll add it.
- Draft Garden River Cannabis Law
- Kahnawake Cannabis Control Law
- Nippising Cannabis Law
- Six Nations Cannabis Control Law
- Draft Shawanaga Cannabis Law No. 1.
- Draft Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Cannabis Law
Cannabis associations
- North Shore Anishinabek Cannabis Association founding documents
- Mississauga of Rice Lake Cannabis Association founding documents
- Pikwakanagan Cannabis Business Association
- Six Nations People’s Cannabis Coalition
Critiques of Cannabis laws
- Critique of Bimaadzwin Proposal (Garden River)
- Highway 69 Position Paper on Shawanaga Cannabis Law (Shawanaga)
- Mi’kmaq Cannabis Association Position Paper (Millbrook First Nation)
Community Surveys
- Dec 2017 Six Nations Medicinal Cannabis Survey
- Alderville Cannabis Survey
Indigenous Language and Cannabis
Constitutional Challenges
- Constitutional question raised in cannabis raids has big implications for North Shore (article)
- Notice of Constitutional Question – Brennan – Aug 8 2019
- R.-v.-Brennan-McQuabbie-Hill-Endorsement-January-14-20206376
- Addendum-to-Constitutional-Question-Brennan-Jan-21-20206384
- Chronological Order of Relevant Events – Amikwa Nation
- Expert Report: Evidence of Cannabis in Pre-Columbian Canada by Dr. Konstantia Koutouki
- Expert Report: Amikwa of the French River by Dr. W.J. Newbigging
- Form-NCQ-Applicants-Plain-Maness-Jackson-220725
Legal documentation
- Rowan Proclamation (original version)
- Rowan Proclamation (transcribed)
- Indian Lands protected by the Rowan Proclamation of 1854 (Google map)
- Indian’s Protection Bill 1850
- Act for the better protection of the lands and property of the Indians in Lower Canada 1850
- Gradual Civilization Act 1857
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982
Videos of Chief Del Riley
Magazines
The following magazines provide in-depth coverage of Indigenous cannabis news and issues.
Dispensing Freedom Magazine #1
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