Indigenous cannabis ventures have grown in incremental prominence since the Squaxin Island tribe opened the first tribal retail location in the U.S., Elevation.
Cristala Mussato-Allen (Caddo Nation) and executive director at business development and community education venture Native Workplace, Inc., told Benzinga that between 20 or 30 tribes, or roughly 5% of the 576 federally recognized by the U.S. government, have legalized operations in some form.
