Join the NSACA!

On Thursday, August 29th 2019, a meeting of over 60 Anishinabek people from over 20 different territories came together to create the North Shore Anishinabek Cannabis Association. If you would like to join the Association, fill out the form below. More information will be sent to you when you do.

Canada’s attacks on Indigenous access to banking put entrepreneurs at increased risk of robbery and violence
A spate of four dramatic robberies of ATM machines from Six Nations businesses underlines the risks facing Indigenous entrepreneurs who’ve been banned from using Canadian banks. The post Canada’s attacks on Indigenous access to banking put entrepreneurs at increased risk of robbery and violence appeared first on Dispensing Freedom.
Is the Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers responsible for violating Anishinaabe ‘Aboriginal and treaty rights?’
Audio recording reveals OPP Detectives told the Hwy 17 Dispensary and Trading Post that they would only raid if “the township does not permit it.” By Dispensing Freedom staff MASSEY – On Aug 17th, 2023, the sovereign Highway 17 Dispensary and Trading post was opened at 195 Sauble St. in… The post Is the Township […]
Media Statement from the Highway 17 Trading post and dispensary
To the media and the people of the Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers. The Hwy 17 Trading Post and Dispensary at 195 Sauble Street in Massey, Ontario represents a deliberate exercising of sovereign Anishinaabe rights on our lands. These inherent Aboriginal and treaty rights are constitutionally protected, though they have long… The post Media Statement from […]
Chief Del Riley speaks at Highway 17 Dispensary and Trading Post in Massey
Over forty people came out to hear former National Chief Del Riley speak at the grand opening of the Highway 17 Dispensary and Trading Post in Massey on August 17th, 2023. The trading post is the latest sovereign cannabis dispensary to open up off-reserve as Indigenous entrepreneurs move beyond the Indian Act and assert Aboriginal […]
Stratford police board says ‘no extra attention’ will be paid to unlicensed Indigenous pot shop
The Indigenous co-owner of an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary says he feels validated after both Stratford police and its police services board said there would be “no extra attention paid” to his business. The post Stratford police board says ‘no extra attention’ will be paid to unlicensed Indigenous pot shop appeared first on Dispensing Freedom.
Brantford police raid sovereign Indigenous cannabis shop on Mohawk lands
A sovereign Indigenous cannabis store operating in downtown Brantford, Ontario was robbed on Tuesday Sept 12th by the Brantford Police department. Sovern 4/20, which opened the day before the raid occurred, is located at 14 Dalhousie Street on lands deeded by the Crown to the “Mohawks and such others of the Six Nations” by the […]
A Six Nations store under Band Council regulation is openly selling ‘as much Magic mushrooms as you want.’
By Dispensing Freedom Staff SIX NATIONS – Dispensing Freedom has received an audio recording of a customer buying psychedelic mushrooms at a Six Nations cannabis store regulated by the Six Nations Cannabis Commission. In an audio recording made on the premises of the store in July of 2023, an employee… The post A Six Nations […]
Results of grassroots Kitigan Zibi cannabis survey show overwhelming community support for cannabis
KITIGAN-ZIBI – From June 9th to July 15th, 2023 a grassroots committee of Kitigan Zibi residents conducted a community survey to learn more about their people’s attitudes to cannabis. 114 people responded to the survey and they overwhelmingly came out in support of a sovereign and medicinal approach to cannabis… The post Results of grassroots […]
Canadian Senate Report: On the Outside Looking in
The implementation of the Cannabis Act and its effects on Indigenous Peoples Click below for the complete pdf of the Canadian Senate report. The post Canadian Senate Report: On the Outside Looking in appeared first on Dispensing Freedom.
Zoom Meeting with former National Chief Del Riley for networking between Sovereign Shops – 4pm, Sunday July 9th
Since 2022 a growing number of Indigenous trading posts and cannabis shops have opened up on traditional Indigenous territories off-reserve. Anishinaabe, Algonquin, Chippewa, Mohawk, Mississauga, Mi’kmaq, and Oneida entrepreneurs have all opened up shops off reserve on their traditional territory. At 4pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 join us for… The post Zoom Meeting with […]