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“A broken promise to Indian Country”: Tribal leaders call on USDA to address major food shortages

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made a seemingly straightforward logistical shift to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), which provides USDA foods to ...
Yahoo

Murray, Cortez Masto Propose Legislation to Expand Food Assistance for Tribal Households

WASHINGTON — New legislation that aims to expand food assistance for tribal households will be introduced in the U.S. Senate today, Native News Online has learned. Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and ...
Great Falls Tribune

Little Shell tribe celebrates opening of new food distribution program

Tribal leaders, government officials, and honored guests gathered at a cornflower blue warehouse Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of a new food distribution warehouse where tribal elders, ...
unr.edu

Annual Nevada Tribal Food Summit teaches food sovereignty

Advice and resources to help American Indian tribes grow and consume their own food is the focus of the 11 th annual Nevada Tribal Food Summit, May 31 to June 2. The summit will be taking place for ...
Agri-Pulse

Lawmakers press USDA on shortages in tribal food assistance program

The House Agriculture Committee is pressing USDA to explain its decision to consolidate contractors for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, a move that has resulted in food shortages ...
MM&M

Trump pledged to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ then cut a program many tribes rely on for healthy food

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As ...
Mongabay

India’s Indigenous restaurateurs bring tribal cuisines to the city

Indigenous entrepreneurs in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are popularizing traditional tribal foods with urban restaurants, reports Mongabay India’s Kundan Pandey. “The food we crave isn’t ...
AOL

Tribal Elder Food Box program plans to increase production

White fish, cranberry, maple sugar, zucchini, kale, sweet corn. These were some of the foods in the Tribal Elder Food Box distributed at the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center on Historic Mitchell ...
Yahoo

Surry: Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Powwow, drumming, dancing, traditional food, art

SURRY — The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia 2024 Powwow is less than a month away. The annual event takes place at the Nottoway Tribal Grounds in Surry. Visitors from all backgrounds are welcome to ...
Gulf Live

Through tradition and trade, tribe in rural Kansas works to reclaim its food sovereignty

IOWA TRIBE OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA RESERVATION, Kansas — For those who live on the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska’s reservation in the rural northeast corner of Kansas, access to healthy food can be ...
Deccan Chronicle

Aadi Bazaar Showcases India’s Tribal Art, Food

Hyderabad: The Aadi Bazaar, a ten-day exhibition celebrating India’s tribal art, craft and culture, opened at the Indira Mahila Shakti Bazaar on Friday, coinciding with the 150th birth anniversary of ...