Chief Calls for First Nations Cannabis Economies

Jesse Staniforth Chief Day (left, Standing) leading discussion at National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Convention

Chief Wiindawtegowinini Isadore Day of Serpent River First Nation in Ontario is a visible and confrontational activist Chief who has challenged the government of Canada on many fronts (including attempting to force his way through a group of Mounties and into the House of Commons during the 2013 Idle No More Indigenous rights protests). Chief Day has been adamant that First Nations should consider cannabis an economic engine for sovereignty in their communities.Aboriginal . . .