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White Earth Nation Gets Approval to Open Cannabis Shops Off Tribal Land
- The White Earth Nation signed a tribal-state compact on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, authorizing cannabis dispensaries across Minnesota off tribal lands.
- This compact, enabled by Minnesota's 2023 adult-use cannabis law, follows legislative changes allowing regulated recreational marijuana sales statewide.
- The compact permits Waabigwan Mashkiki, a business owned by the tribe, to establish up to eight cannabis stores, including planned outlets in the Fargo-Moorhead area and St. Cloud.
- Cannabis sales conducted off Tribal lands must comply with applicable state and local taxation, including a 10% gross receipts tax, a 6.975% state sales tax, and a potential increase of the gross receipts tax to 15%.
- The agreement supports tribal sovereignty, economic development, and aims to provide safe, legal cannabis with oversight from Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management.
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Duluth News Tribune
Superior TelegramFond du Lac Band opens cannabis dispensary
Until the band starts cultivating its own, ANANG Native Cannabis Co. is selling cannabis grown by other tribal nations.
Cloquet allows for cannabis sales along Highway 33
CLOQUET — The Cloquet City Council was split Tuesday on where cannabis can be sold in the city, narrowly voting to allow cannabis dispensaries to operate only in the business district on Minnesota Highway 33. After failing to pass two resolutions that would have allowed cannabis to be sold in more areas of the city, the council voted 5-2 to confine the sale of cannabis to the regional commercial district along Highway 33; councilors Kerry Kolodg…
Moorhead, St. Cloud getting retail cannabis stores from White Earth Nation tribal company
Waabigwan Mashkiki, which directly translates to "flower medicine" in Ojibwe, will open cannabis shops in Moorhead and St. Cloud after the White Earth Nation announced the signing of a "landmark cannabis regulatory compact with the State of Minnesota."
Minnesota Signs First-Of-Its-Kind Agreement Allowing Indian Tribe To Sell Legal Marijuana Outside Reservation
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) has signed a landmark agreement with the White Earth Nation that will allow the tribe to operate up to eight retail marijuana stores across the state. Already the tribe is preparing to open storefronts in Moorhead and St. Cloud. Walz signed the new compact on Tuesday, making White Earth Nation—also known as the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe—the first tribal entity in the state to reach an agreemen…
Walz signs Minnesota’s first tribal-state cannabis compact
ST. PAUL, MINN – A compact signed Tuesday lays out how the state of Minnesota and the White Earth Nation will promote their relationship in regulating cannabis while promoting public safety. The state’s first ever tribal-state cannabis compact was ordered by the state Legislature to allow Governor Tim Walz to negotiate the compacts with tribal nations. The purpose is to enhance public health and safety, ensure a lawful and well-regulated cannabi…
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