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  • Wind River tribes look at legalizing marijuana

    Nate Perez, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|May 20, 2021

    CASPER — The Eastern Shoshone General Council met Saturday at Rocky Mountain Hall in Fort Washakie to vote on legalizing medical marijuana on the Wind River Reservation but did not meet quorum. Still, several resolutions were passed — resolutions are law on the reservation — including the authority to move forward with a medical marijuana commission to regulate, oversee and operate tribal-owned cultivation and extraction facilities for cannabis-related products under the Fort Bridger Treaties of 1863 and 1868. Meanwhile the Northern Arapaho Tri...