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The 1994 Department Reorganization Act, passed by Congress, created CSREES by combining the former Cooperative State Research Service and the Extension Service into a single agency. [ 1 ] In 2009, CSREES was reorganized into the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
The award-winning journal has published articles by both journalists and scholars. It provides a forum for tribal students, staff, faculty, and college administrators to discuss their needs, successes, and missions. Paul Boyer founded the journal after traveling among tribal colleges for a study, and realizing there was no central forum for ...
This is a list of land-grant colleges and universities in the United States of America and its associated territories. [1]Land-grant institutions are often categorized as 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions, based on the date of the legislation that designated most of them with land-grant status.
Jack Douglas Forbes (January 7, 1934 – February 23, 2011) was an American historian, writer, scholar, and political activist, who specialized in Native American issues. He is best known for his role in establishing one of the first Native American studies programs (at University of California Davis).
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
Through 1995 there were 50,000 Mixtecs every year in California agriculture. [25] They were about 70% of the 10,000 agricultural laborers in San Diego County , and had been spreading northwards to also work in Oxnard , Santa Maria and Madera County , and even into Oregon and Washington . [ 25 ]
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In 1994, the state of California recognized the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe (Spanish: Tribu de Gabrieleño-Tongva) [94] and the Fernandino-Tongva Tribe (Spanish: Tribu de Fernandeño-Tongva), [95] but neither has gained federal recognition. In 2013, it was reported that the four Tongva groups that have applied for federal recognition had over 3,900 ...