North Dakota: Tribal Member May Sue To Be Allowed To Grow Hemp

[Jacob Redmond]

Alex White Plume thought his decade-long wait to produce industrial hemp on a South Dakota Indian reservation was ending when the federal government softened its stance on marijuana enforcement and lawmakers expanded the development of hemp under certain circumstances.

But federal prosecutors won't lift an injunction against him and White Plume's lawyer, the former U.S. attorney for North Dakota, says he will take legal action against the government.

Alex White Plume and other family members planted hemp for three years from 2000 through 2002, but they never harvested a crop. The injunction was ordered in December 2004.

White Plume says the government is violating the sovereignty guaranteed the Oglala Sioux Nation through treaties dating back 160 years.

Prosecutors say White Plume doesn't qualify for an exemption under the farm bill.

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