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After oil, ex-North Dakota Indian leader forms marijuana firm

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 15:52

WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - The former chairman of a North Dakota Indian nation that controls one-third of the state's oil output has formed a marijuana company to help tribes around the United States produce and distribute the drug.

Tex "Red-Tipped Arrow" Hall, who until last fall led the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation, has formed Native American Organics LLC with California-based Wright Family Organics LLC, a medical marijuana company, the companies said in a statement.

Native American Organics said it will help Indian tribes grow and distribute marijuana to wherever legally possible, as well as offer expertise on hydroponics and genetics and advice on how best to work with state and federal officials.

"In a matter of time, this industry could be just as big as gaming is for tribes, if not bigger," Hall said in an interview on Tuesday.

While legal jurisdiction can...

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