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Marijuana on the Rez: The Weedcationers

If pot enthusiasts flock to Indian reservations for marijuana-themed vacations, how will it affect Tribal economies and cultures?

For our continuing coverage of the issue of marijuana and Indian reservations, see the POT DEBATE news archive.

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Consumers defy inflation to support economy. For how long?

By Associated Press3 hours ago
FILE - President Joe Biden talks about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Nov. 3, 2021. Biden’s team views the pandemic as the root cause of both the nation’s malaise and his own political woes. It sees getting more people vaccinated and finally controlling COVID-19 as the key to reviving the country and Biden’s own standing. But the coronavirus has proved to be a vexing challenge for the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Joe Biden says monkeypox something to 'be concerned about'

By Associated Press5 hours ago
A local dam that holds water fed by a well in the watershed area of the Chuska Mountains provides water for wild horses and herds of cattle. All across the Navajo Nation, communities have been impacted by the low rainfall and snowpack because of drought caused by climate change. (Photo by Pauly Denetclaw for Indian Country Today)
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Coordinated response needed to respond to climate change effects on tribes

By Joaqlin Estus8 hours ago
Iconic Inuit musician Susan Aglukark received the Juno Humanitarian Award in Canada on May 15, 2022, for her work with Northern Indigenous youth. Aglukark is the most decorated Inuit musician/singer/songwriter in Canada, having won four Junos in 11 nominations since the release of her debut album in the early 1990s. She is shown here in a 2004 file photo performing during a celebration of the fifth anniversary of the birth of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Indigenous artists shine in 2022 Juno Awards

By Miles MorrisseauMay 21, 2022
King Cove, Alaska, April 2019 (Screenshot of a video by Edward Smith, courtesy of City of King Cove).
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The Wrap: MMIP trainings by Alaska ferry

By Indian Country TodayMay 20, 2022
A series of turquoise signs along southbound U.S. 89 near Tuba City proclaims the Navajo Nation’s resiliency. “Resiliency is who we are. But we also need to reclaim it,” says Keith Howard, a wildlife technician with the tribal Climate Change Program. (File photo by Sierra Alvarez/Cronkite News)
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Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate

By The ConversationMay 20, 2022
Vaughn Tootsie helps the Native American community of Picuris Pueblo, N.M., screen vehicles as they enter and exit tribal property on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Small Native American pueblo tribes across New Mexico are embracing extraordinary social distancing measures that include guarded roadblocks and universal testing for the coronavirus in efforts to insulate themselves from a contagion with frightening echoes of the past. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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2 tribes closer to recreational cannabis sales

By The Associated PressMay 20, 2022
From the chapter, "Stories We Love." An eagle feather? When representation of a Native Nation gets in the way of graduation. (Illustration by Tomás Karmelo Amaya, Indian Country Today)
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Indigenous student told to remove feather at graduation

By The Associated PressMay 20, 2022
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FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week

By Associated PressMay 20, 2022