North Dakota tribes finding food, fuel solutions with federal aid uncertain

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Spirit Lake Nation and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa have enacted emergency plans as they prepare for interruptions to federal nutrition and fuel programs come ...

Tribal nations are struggling to cover food and education costs during the shutdown

Tribal nations are struggling to cover the costs of heating, food and education because of the government shutdown, advocates ...

As loss of SNAP benefits looms, Oklahoma tribes stepping up to fill food insecurity gaps

About 685,000 people in Oklahoma use the program to help buy groceries across the state, according to the Department of Human ...

‘The original slow food people’: Why a California tribe spent big money on a global food gathering

Sacramento this week will host Terra Madre Americas, an international food event affiliated with the "slow food" movement. The Wilton Rancheria is the top sponsor.

'It is who we are': Alaska Native organizations collect whale meat, seals, fish and other traditional foods to help storm victims

Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong — destroyed four-wheelers, houses and lives — the destruction of the traditional foods they'd gathered for the winter is among ...
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Health Secretary RFK Jr. visits Idaho Tribe, discusses food sovereignty and Tribal treaty rights

LENORE, Idaho — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Nez Perce Tribal fish hatchery to meet with Tribal leadership and key fisheries staff to discuss the ...
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'The original slow food people': Why this California tribe spent $500,000 on a global food gathering

On a balmy day last week south of Sacramento, a group of women took turns grinding and preparing acorn flour, and then used fire-heated stones to cook it with water in woven baskets. It was a slow and ...