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More than 100 Native American tribes have reached out to FoxBarry Farms, a management firm building the nation's first marijuana facility on tribal land, to express interest in the cannabis industry, FoxBarry CEO Barry Brautman told The Huffington Post.
Their aim is to form agreements with several California Native American tribes to grow and manufacture cannabis products on native land and then sell those products to medical dispensaries.
A Northern California tribe has signed up to be the first tribe in the state to launch a large marijuana-growing operation. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that the Pinoleville Pomo Nation has contracted to build a $10 million facility to grow marijuana indoors.
This week, the United States Department of Justice released a memo stating that Native American tribes are legally allowed to grow marijuana on their designated tribal lands.
In a memorandum released Thursday, the Justice Department announced it will instruct all U.S. attorneys to NOT prevent Native American tribes from cultivating or selling marijuana on reservation lands in spite of any state laws that may be in place.
