In 2016, the federal ban was lifted and in 2017, White Plume partnered with Evo Hemp to make hemp supplements. But the potential for Native people to benefit economically in the hemp industry still exists. Now White Plume is involved in processing hemp and plans to make a vertically integrated Lakota industry. “This is going to be all Lakota hemp, grown on Lakota [land], produced by Lakota, and we’re going to market it by Lakota,” White Plume says. Our plan is to restore a hemp economy without a lot of chemicals and fossil fuels.