The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has legalizes marijuana for recreational, medical and commercial use on tribal land in a vote last week by the Executive Committee.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe reservation is in central Moody County in eastern South Dakota.

Reservation residents won't be allowed to consume or grow marijuana in their homes. The plan is to have one facility for growing and another for selling and using. KELO-TV reports that Tribal Attorney Seth Pearman says that to purchase and use marijuana people will need to have a registration card. Usage will be restricted to people over 21. Medicinal use will be allowed for those under 21 if there is parental consent and doctor approval.

In 2014 the Justice Department decided that it will not prosecute federal laws regulating the growing or selling of marijuana on reservations if the reservation meet the same guidelines of states that have legalized.

The Associated Press reports that South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says he respects the tribe's authority to govern tribal members. However, use and possession of marijuana by "non-Indians" is still against the law.

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form. Alaska, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and the District of Columbia have various forms of legal personal use. The other 19 states have passed limited use medical marijuana laws.

(VIA KDLT-TV, KELO-TV, Indianz.com, Governing.com)