Members of the Warm Springs tribe will vote in April on . It comes after after tribal councilors passed a referendum, 4-2.
“In doing so, also legalize the possession and use because it would have the store on the reservation,” said Jim Souers, CEO of Warm Springs Economic Development.
In 2015, the Tribal Council passed a referendum to produce and process on the reservation and sell off the reservation to the dispensaries in Oregon, Souers said.
Now, they are ready to sell their product at home.
“We would also like to be able to sell the product through our own store on the reservation and that would provide us with a more vertically integrated business, makes the business more profitable. Therefore, we can give more dividends to the tribe and create some more employment for the community,” said Souers.
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The community approved the production measure in 2015 by the largest margin in recent memory. The hope is the new referendum will pass with the same enthusiasm.
“I see it works on the outside and