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With the first year crop, the Colville Tribes’ hemp research project was to see how it would grow on the reservation, Colville Tribes’ Natural Resources director Cody Desautel said at the 2017 General Membership Meeting in Keller, Oct. 14. After harvesting two weeks ago, consultant Doug Fine...

The Colville Confederated Tribes have gone into hemp production. The Tribes planted a 60-acre project on July 9th and plans to research the marketability of hemp seed and fiber products. The Colville's are believed to be one of the first Native American Tribes in the U.S. to cultivate hemp...