LEECH LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — Several Native, Faith, and Environmental groups have submitted a letter of support for five “Land Return” bills in the Minnesota Legislature. The bills would return state-owned land that was taken from the tribes in violation of their treaty agreements. These bills would see land around White Earth, Red Lake, Cloquet, and Mille Lacs County returned…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile dispensary. The on-reservation NativeCare was the state’s first recreational marijuana store to open this month. The dispensary, which will resemble a food truck, will allow the tribe to expand its cannabis business into other markets, but only on tribal lands. It’s estimated…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — White Earth Nation opens its recreational cannabis dispensary for adults 21 years and older. This comes after the legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota on Tuesday. The dispensary grows its own plants and is currently offering buds and pre-rolled joints. During the opening, there was a line out the door of people traveling from all over…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) – You can buy legal recreational marijuana starting Thursday about an hour and 15 minute drive from the F/M Metro. The White Earth Nation is opening its first dispensary for recreational sales at 10 a.m. The Waabigwan Mashkiki dispensary opened on Monday in Mahnomen for medical cannabis patients. Their recreational hours will be Monday through Friday from…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR/AP) — White Earth Nation has announced that it will begin selling recreational marijuana this week, just days after the new law went into effect in Minnesota. The sales will be open to anyone 21 years of age or older starting Thursday, August 3 at 850 East Adams Avenue in Mahnomen. The dispensary will be open from 10…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday, allowing people 21 and older to legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes, subject to limits as the state establishes a legal cannabis industry in the coming months and years. The midwestern state is the 23rd in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. Surrounding states — including Wisconsin,…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — At least two tribal nations are expected to open Minnesota’s first recreational marijuana dispensaries in August as recreational marijuana becomes legal to possess and grow in the state on Tuesday. Following a council vote on Friday, the White Earth Nation in northwestern Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis and will begin selling it sometime in the first…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Red Lake Nation has announced what it calls a major drug bust at a Thief River Falls casino. According to a statement from the Red Lake Nation, a multi-agency operation resulted in “the seizure of a substantial quantity of illegal drugs” at Seven Clans Casino. The casino is operated by the Red Lake Band…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A longstanding ban on alcohol at Seven Clans Casino in Thief River Falls is about to be lifted, although an exact date has not been set. Red Lake tribal members held a special advisory vote on alcohol sales and Red Lake Nation approved it in November. Seven Clans team members are undergoing training on…
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota is requiring all people who come to the reservation for work or other business purposes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show weekly test results. The Red Lake Tribal Council says the mandate does not apply to pregnant women, people with documented medical conditions, children under 12 and…
