Guest: Mary Jane Oatman
Hosts: Julie & Al
Mary Jane Oatman is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and descendant of the Delaware Tribe and proud mother of three beautiful people. She is the founder of the Indigenous CANNabis Coalition (ICANNC) https://indigenouscannabiscoalition.com/
and publisher of THC Magazine, host of THC SmokeSignals Podcast and is in the early stages of starting THC Global Media.The mission of Tribal Hemp & Cannabis Global Media (THCGM) is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of the preservation and protection of Indigenous homelands, stories and self.
Mary Jane has been dedicated to the preservation and protection of our Indigenous cultures and the restoration of pre colonial economies in hemp and cannabis through storytelling. She has worked for her tribe, as well as state and federal agencies to elevate the protection of tribal sovereignty and to ensure more effective government to government relationships are stewarded by building bridges between diverse stakeholders. In 2009, Oatman was the youngest member appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education, while also serving as the first Director of Indian Education for the state of Idaho.
Mary Jane has served on the MCBA board to ensure tribal sovereignty is incorporated into their work and also serves as the president of the Idaho ACLU. She loves fishing, gathering and chopping wood for the sweat lodge when she is not searching for stories that heal.
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