Cannabis on American Indian reservations

[12] In August 2015 the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin held a vote on proposed measures to legalize medical and/or recreational cannabis.

[15] They authorized Navajo Agricultural Products Industry in collaboration with New Mexico State University to conduct a hemp growing pilot project in 2019.

[16] In 2023, federal authorities seized over 60,000 pounds of cannabis plants from Dineh Benally, the former president of the San Juan River Farm Board, who along with business partners had been growing the crops on 400 acres of farmland in the northeast corner of the Navajo Nation reservation.

[17] The Squaxin Island Tribe opened the United States' first tribal-controlled cannabis store, "Elevation", in November 2015.

The Suquamish Tribe in Western Washington began selling cannabis in December 2015, collecting the same 37% tax as the surrounding state.

[18][19] Both tribes legalized marijuana internally, and signed 10-year compacts with the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

Plants and prepared cannabis were seized, but no arrests were made; news reporting indicated that the informant whose complaint sparked the raid was involved in a political power struggle with one of the growers, who is also her brother.

[23] In December 2017, the Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians entered a compact with the State of Washington to sell cannabis on its land.