The groups’ best shot at change could come with the farm bill that’s expected to take shape in 2023. They are hoping to build on gains in the 2018 farm bill that authorized pilot projects for tribal organizations to buy food from local farmers for the FDPIR.
The groups’ goal is to enlarge Native American farmers’ markets and increase demand. Traditional foods such as bison, salmon and walleye could return to tribal diets through federal food aid. Nations such as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole, all forcibly resettled long ago, would be able to rebuild traditions.
“Every tribe is different. One thing that is central to every tribe is that food is part of their cultural creation story. Food being part of their spiritual creation story is central to every tribe,” said Toni Stanger-McLaughlin, CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, a philanthropic trust. Stanger-McLaughlin is a citizen of the Colville Confederated Tribes.
House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and House Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., say they want to take a broad look at Native agriculture and anti-hunger efforts. McGovern has held several hearings on food needs, problems and solutions and plans one on indigenous nutrition and food systems. He also wants the Biden administration to convene a White House conference on hunger.
About 25 percent of Native Americans received some form of federal food assistance, with participation in some communities much higher, according to most estimates.
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