Native America Calling

Friday, October 23, 2015 – Recreational Marijuana: Good Economic Venture or Bad Business?

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The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is making strides to open the first tribal recreational marijuana resort by the end of the year. They already have several strains of marijuana plants growing in a specialized lab. Do you think recreational marijuana is a good business or a risky one for tribes to venture into? What role should tribes play in the growing efforts to legalize marijuana?

Guests:

Cristala Mussato-Allen (Caddo) — executive director of Native Workplace Inc.

Carl Artman (Oneida) — attorney, professor at Arizona State University’s College of Law and former assistant secretary and solicitor for Indian Affairs

Mike Lasnier — chief of police for the Suquamish Tribe

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 — Tribes And Legalized Marijuana

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Earlier this month, voters in Oregon and Alaska voted to legalize recreational marijuana. There are nine tribes in Oregon and over 200 tribes in Alaska. How are they responding to changes in state laws on marijuana? Tribes in Colorado and Washington have mostly stood against marijuana legalization in their states and continue to ban its presence in their Native communities.

Join us as we explore where tribes stand on marijuana legalization and what conflicts exist between, tribal, federal and state laws and policies.

Guests:

Gabe Galanda (Round Valley Tribe of Indians) – attorney with Galanda Broadman

Judge Scott Moore ( …. ) -judge in Southern Ute Tribal Court

Brent Leonhard – attorney, Office of Legal Counsel for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Mike Williams (Yupiit) – Chief of the Yupiit Nation and a member of the Akiak Native Community Tribal Council

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