US EditionWalz Signs Minnesota's Second Cannabis Compact, Opening New Partnership Opportunities
The compact enables the Mille Lacs Band to issue up to eight off-reservation dispensary licenses, supporting economic growth and regulatory collaboration with the state.
- On September 10, 2025, Governor Tim Walz approved an agreement with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota, permitting the tribe to operate marijuana dispensaries beyond their reservation.
- The Minnesota Legislature directed Walz to negotiate cannabis compacts with Tribal Nations to regulate the market and promote health and safety.
- The compact permits the Mille Lacs Band to open up to eight retail stores off tribal lands and outlines shared regulation and testing standards.
- Office of Cannabis Management Director Eric Taubel described this milestone as a positive step forward in the expansion of Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market.
- This agreement will create economic opportunities benefiting the state, the tribe, licensed businesses, and consumers while fostering government partnership.
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Mille Lacs Band signs cannabis compact, looks to become statewide supplier
ST. PAUL — The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe signed a compact agreement Wednesday morning with Gov. Tim Walz at the state’s Capitol. The agreement recognizes the Mille Lacs Band’s authority to regulate and sell cannabis outside its land in central Minnesota. News came early Wednesday, Sept. 10, when Aarik Robertson, general manager of Lake Leaf, the tribe’s cannabis company, made a brief announcement at the Minnesota Cannabis Real Estate Conference …
Minnesota Governor Signs Second Tribal-State Cannabis Compact With Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this morning signed the state’s second Tribal-state cannabis compact, an agreement with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to establish a cooperative framework for regulating cannabis. In establishing Minnesota’s cannabis law, the state Legislature directed the governor to negotiate intergovernmental agreements—cannabis compacts—with Tribal Nations sharing territory wit…
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