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Judith Matloff

Judith Matloff is on the faculty of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in major media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian and Los Angeles Times.

Tribal elders and landscape (Aaron Nesheim); cannabis leaf (Roberto (Bear) Guerra); Travel Plaza fire (Jerry Tom); maps (USGS and Flickr); documents from author’s research.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted

Legal weed entrepreneurs promised a windfall from tribal lands. Then it fell apart.

by Judith Matloff December 17, 2024December 20, 2024

The Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone are still picking up the pieces from the failed cannabis cultivation venture.

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