Canada’s indigenous peoples are pioneering the billion-dollar bonanza that is the country’s growing cannabis market.
The biggest hub is the tiny Mohawk territory of Tyendinaga, about two hours east of Toronto.
On a speck of land three miles wide and 12 miles deep, there are more than 60 cannabis dispensaries selling all manner of products – from pot to THC sweets.
Robert Tehonikonrathe, also known as Fisher, says his people have been wheeler-dealers for centuries. His son owns the Healing Shoppe/Pot Shoppe/Bear Medicine dispensary.
“We’re the most capitalistic people in the world,” he tells The Independent.
Besides cannabis, the indigenous Mohawks also control a billion-dollar gasoline trade on the territory and also control much of Ontario’s tobacco industry. While the government has set strict regulations on cannabis commerce, it doesn’t have any impact on the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, who set their own laws.
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