What We Do
Purpose
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Establish and maintain minimum national standards for safety, quality, and compliance
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Recognize and support local Indigenous cannabis councils operating under community law
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Facilitate nation-to-nation trade among recognized councils and member Nations
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Ensure that the cannabis economy operates in a manner consistent with Indigenous laws, values, and community wellbeing
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Provide mechanisms for oversight, certification, and coordination among members.
Guiding Principles
• Sovereignty and Self-Determination: Each participating Nation retains its inherent right to self-govern its internal cannabis activities and to determine its own regulatory structures.
• Accountability and Transparency: Decision-making shall be open, reasoned, and subject to review by member Nations and councils.
• Cultural Integrity: Policies and standards shall reflect Indigenous laws, teachings, and respect for the land and community.
• Health and Safety: The Authority shall uphold the highest practicable standards of product safety, quality assurance, and consumer protection.
• Economic Reconciliation: The cannabis sector shall serve as a vehicle for community economic development, equitable opportunity, and restorative justice.
• Nation-to-Nation Collaboration: The ICGA shall foster cooperative trade, mutual recognition, and shared capacity among Indigenous Nations.
Vision
To affirm Indigenous self determination by building trust, ensuring community safety, and strengthening Indigenous unity at a national level through Section 35, while growing the Indigenous cannabis economy and protecting nation to nation trade.