Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate harvesting industrial cannabis crop

It's very brave, even progressive, of Governor Kristi Noem to veto the widespread cultivation of industrial cannabis (hemp) and empower the tribal nations trapped in South Dakota to be the sole leaders of cannabis industry growth in my home state.

A former chairman of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate is a tribal liaison for a cannabis development firm.

Tex Hall, the former chairman of the oil-rich Three Affiliated Tribes, and Robert Shepherd, former chairman of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota, are trying to recruit and assist tribes in producing high-grade marijuana products. [Associated Press]

South Dakota Secretary of Tribal Relations Dave Flute is a former chairman of the SWO.

US tribes are considered the 51st State by federal agencies including the Department of the Interior.

The road to legal cannabis for all adults in South Dakota is paved with hemp and tribal nations should be the primary beneficiaries of industry growth there.

Brendan Johnson helped the South Dakota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union win the Constitution and Libertarian Parties' lawsuit against Republican former Secretary of State Shantel Krebs. https://t.co/xvcYOq9Lll #sdsen #cannabis https://t.co/LHyg4llK1y

— interested party (@larry_kurtz) September 20, 2019