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In 2016, a few white guys from #Oregon contacted leaders of the Fort McDermitt Tribal Council in northern #Nevada. They wanted to partner with the tribe to grow cannabis on tribal land.

They said the farm would be 100% owned by the tribe, would create much-needed jobs, generate money for tribal services like healthcare and education, and spur business in the remote area.

Tribal leaders signed on, but soon realized they'd entered a bad deal.

#Indigenous #Cannabis

https://www.hcn.org/articles/legal-weed-entrepreneurs-promised-a-windfall-from-tribal-lands-then-it-fell-apart/

Legal weed entrepreneurs promised a windfall from tribal lands. Then it fell apart.

The Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone are still picking up the pieces from the failed cannabis cultivation venture.
Judith Matloff (High Country News)
#cannabis #Indigenous #Oregon #Nevada
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LukefromDC
You can always tell when settlers offering business arrangements or other treaties to Indigenous people anywhere on Earth are lying: their lips move or their fingers type.
Toastie
“We didn’t see any documents, it was a hush-hush deal,” said Larina Bell, the incoming tribal chair.

“They shared nothing with me,” said Valerie Barr, the tribe’s finance director. “I asked for an audit. The tribe has been left out, completely.”

Promises of per-cap payments to tribal citizens never materialized. In 2019, the tribal travel plaza (a gas station with the only food store within an hour's drive) had burned down suspiciously, leaving $19k cash in the wind.
Sara
I feel bad for them about the C store, on top of everything else
Toastie
Yeah it's pretty awful isn't it.
A tired looking Indigenous woman stands before a beach, beyond which float European tall ships. "Look," she says, "quote unquote job creators."
LukefromDC
Only worthwhile job I see in that photo is one making as many fire arrows as possible as fast as possible. Just a few hits in the rigging and those settler ships burn to the waterline.
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