A Native American tribe is accusing North Carolina’s two Republican U.S. senators of launching an “inflammatory… frontal attack” on tribal sovereignty after the politicians contacted federal and state law enforcement about the Natives’ impending marijuana store.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are planning to open the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. on April 20 on the Qualla Boundary, a 57,000-acre tract of land west of Asheville.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (ECBI) legalized medical marijuana in 2021 and then approved adult use last year.
The tribe said in October it was ready to issue MMJ patient cards. All North Carolina residents are allowed to apply for the MMJ cards, according to the Cherokee One Feather news outlet.
According to Greenville, South Carolina,
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