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A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsak after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not ...
As a result of the efforts of Nez, the NCAI and other tribal groups, the federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee at its Jan. 19 meeting announced that it'll conduct a food simulation study ...
Janie Simms Hipp is an agriculture and food lawyer, policy expert, and the founder of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas, founder of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations in the Office of the Secretary, founding Executive Director of the Native American Agriculture Fund, .
"Tribal Food Assistance: A Comparison of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-27. "FDPIR Food Package nutritional quality : Report to Congress - Summary" (PDF). November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on ...
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic success, financial need, community involvement, and commitment to their tribal communities. To date the College Fund has provided more than 100,000 scholarships since its inception and an average of 6,000 scholarships per year to American Indian students.
Black’s Valley Ag Supply, Inc., located in Pepin County, received $51,855.00 through the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program grant that will finance the installation of a solar electric ...
The program aims to bridge gaps between the tribal education agencies and State educational agencies, increasing the voice of tribes in federal education initiatives. [29] In turn, the program aims to create a clear understanding of American Indian and Alaskan Native education needs within State educational agencies to serve Native populations ...
The decades-long battle over nearly 9,500 acres in Oklahoma is coming to a head in Washington, D.C. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) secured a farm bill provision that would block transfer of the land ...