Warrior Societies and Land Defence
by SAKEJ WARD (MI’KMAW) | Originally published at The Dominion on August 13, 2016. My name is Sakej. I am Mi’kmaw and a Sma’knis, a traditional Indigenous warrior of the Mi’kmaq Nation. I want to...
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“Not my president, not my congress, not my court, not my government, not my constitution”
“Not my president, not my congress, not my court, not my bible, not my government, not my constitution.” John Kane of Let’s Talk Native gives a no-nonsense analysis of Trump’s first week in office....
Gary Wasaykeesic speaks about furniture drive to Northern Indigenous communities
Gary Wassaykeesic of Real People’s Media speaks about the upcoming furniture drive that he is organizing. The truck is leaving from Toronto, and driving north to Thunder Bay, Savant Lake, and Mishkeegogamang. If you...
Indigenous Medical Cannabis Association holds inaugural meeting
By Tom Keefer Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory – Over 40 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Indigenous Medical Cannabis Association on Saturday, January 28th. Attendees came from a number of different communities including Tyendinaga,...
Coverage of the developing Indigenous medical cannabis industry in Tyendinaga
Over the past year Real People’s Media has covered the growth of an Indigenous medical cannabis industry in Tyendinaga that of this writing now consists of three dispensaries openly operating within the territory. The...
Tribal Sovereignty and Native Cannabis
By Jason Barker | Weed News, January 19th, 2017 Cannabis on tribal lands has always been a complicated issue. In short, tribes have leeway to legalize cannabis under sovereignty, but sometimes those tribal lands...
Gary Wassaykeesic – Jan 17, 2017 Update on ‘Telling our Stories’
Gary Wassaykeesic gives an update as to where his project of interviewing indigenous survivors of Canadian colonialism is at.
Kanasaraken (Loran Thompson) on medical cannabis and the Onkwehon:we
Kanasaraken (Loran Thompson)speaks to Tom Keefer of Real Peoples Media about his thoughts on the draft framework and bylaws of the Indigenous Medical Cannabis Association, the significance of medical cannabis as a healing herb,...
Telling Our Stories: Elder Vern Harper speaks with Gary Wassaykeesic
Elder Vern Harper is a respected Indigenous elder who lives in Toronto. He was interviewed by Gary Wassaykeesic and Zach Ruiter for Real Peoples Media on January 11th of 2017.
The Legacy Grows: Medical Cannabis in Tyendinaga
By Tom Keefer TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY – Business is booming at Legacy 420, Tyendinaga’s first medical cannabis dispensary. Day after day, from morning until night, the parking lot and storefront at 5965 Old Hwy...
