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“We want an agreement with Ontario that results in the the province stepping away from assertions of jurisdiction on our territory. It is our place and our responsibility to regulate how business, including cannabis, is carried out on this reserve, and not the province,” Henry said at the time.

But the band council of the First Nation, located southwest of London, still hasn’t passed an official resolution more than two month later.

The law requires band councils to first approve a resolution opting out of OCS deliveries and to provide a copy of it to the provincial pot retailer.

“Our official (band council resolution) and posting with the Ontario agency for cannabis has taken a bit longer due to our unique geographic situation,” Chippewas spokesperson Rolanda Elijah wrote in an email Thursday. “Our reserve has another reserve within our boundaries. We actually own the roads servicing the other First Nation, which is Munsee Delaware.”

Band officials will hold a special meeting in January on the issue, Elijah said.

Adults in Ontario can legally buy recreational marijuana only though the OCS until bricks-and-mortar stores open on April 1, when a maximum of 25 will be allowed to open across the province.

Jessica Hill, chief of the neighbouring Oneida of the Thames First Nation, isn’t ruling out banning OCS deliveries, but says her community is still devising its cannabis strategy.

“We haven’t decided yet what we’re going to be implementing,” said Hill, whose community southwest of London has about 2,100 residents.