Wisconsin’s Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association (ICIA) will host its annual Indigenous Cannabis Industry & Policy Summit in the nation’s capital this year as it continues its mission to build an equitable Native cannabis industry through policy reform.
This year will be its fourth summit, and the first time ICIA will take it outside of Wisconsin. The organization has been spreading its reach around the country, like its fundraising golf tournament this past May in Washington state. Its goal has been to take the summit nationally as ICIA has progressively increased its reach with tribes around the United States.
“As little as four years ago, not understanding what tribes are doing on a national scale … Everyone was operating in a vacuum, and it was really to sort of clear the air and figure out where everyone was at,” said Rob Pero, founder of ICIA. “Now, four years later, it’s not just a policy summit. It’s an industry summit because we have over 100 nations.”…