Native Farm Bill Coalition

COALITION
INDIAN COUNTRY'S INTEREST IN THE FARM BILL
Every five years, Congress passes a Farm Bill. This massive piece of legislation funds and sets policy on a wide variety of national programs ranging from nutrition and agriculture to conservation and forestry.
Indian Country has an enormous interest in this legislation. Despite recent tribal progress to restore Native food systems, many Tribes still rely heavily on federal programs to feed themselves. The 2018 Farm Bill was a historic milestone for Indian Country and the federal government’s focus on and investment in Native agricultural production, rural infrastructure, economic development, conservation, and forestry. It also safeguarded vitally important nutrition assistance programs on which many Native Americans depend.
HISTORY OF THE COALITION
Since its creation in 1987, the Intertribal Agriculture Council has been one of the stalwart voices for Tribal producers and Tribal government interests in food and agriculture advocacy. In the 1990 Farm Bill, “Tribes” and “Tribal producers” were listed several times for the very first time. Through IAC’s advocacy, technical education and public issues efforts, and later partners joining in, the Farm Bill included more opportunities for Tribes and Tribal producers. The connection between IAC’s technical education and public issues advocacy allowed others to see what was wrong and how it should be fixed.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s five-year philanthropic campaign to improve Native nutrition and food sovereignty led to it commissioning a landmark report, Regaining Our Future, which identified how Indian Country could be better positioned in the 2018 Farm Bill. Through this report, IAC's network of advocates, and significant financial support from the SMSC, the Native Farm Bill Coalition was launched to give Tribes and Native producers a stronger, more united voice to advance a common Farm Bill agenda.
Since the Coalition’s launch in October 2017, more than 170 Tribes, Intertribal groups, other Native organizations, and non-Native allies have become members of the Native Farm Bill Coalition. Together, the members develop the Coalition’s priorities for the Farm Bill and keep Congress focused on Tribal concerns. The Coalition represents the largest-ever coordinated effort in Indian County around federal food, agriculture, and nutrition policy
JOIN THE NATIVE FARM BILL COALITION
With the 2023 Farm Bill on the horizon, we are seeking to expand the coalition. If you are interested in learning more about how your Tribe or Intertribal, Native, or ally organization can join the Native Farm Bill Coalition, please click on the "Join Us" button in the upper right-hand corner of the page. All new members will be added to our list of coalition members, which will be updated regularly.
NFBC COALITION MEMBERS
The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) as the Coalition's research partner, initiated the Native Farm Bill Coalition. Membership in the Coalition does not imply the Coalition’s support or endorsement of an individual member’s mission or advocacy agenda.
Tribes
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
Blackfeet Nation
Blue Lake Rancheria
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria
Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Chippewa Cree Tribe
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Colusa Indian Community
Comanche Nation
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Fort Belknap Indian Community
Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Hualapai Tribe
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Kasigluk Traditional Elders Council
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
Kickapoo Tribe in Oklahoma
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Mescalero Apache Tribe
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Native Village of Noatak
Native Village of White Mountain
Navajo Nation
Nez Perce Tribe
Oneida Nation
Organized Village of Saxman
Osage Nation
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
Pala Band of Mission Indians
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Passamaquoddy Tribe - Pleasant Point
Pauma Band of Mission Indians
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
Potter Valley Tribe
Prairie Island Indian Community
Port Gamble S’Kallam Tribe
Pueblo of Jemez
Pueblo of Laguna
Pueblo of Tesuque
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Quapaw Tribe
Quinault Indian Nation
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Resighini Rancheria
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
San Carlos Apache Tribe
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
Santa Domingo Pueblo
Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Seneca Nation of Indians
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition
South Fork Band of Temoke Western Shoshone
Spirit Lake Tribe
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
Suquamish Tribe
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservations - Mandan
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation - Hidatsa
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthed Reservation - Arikara
Village of Venetie
Walker River Paiute Tribe
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Wiyot Tribe
Yakama Nation
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Yerington Paiute Tribe
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Indian Reservation
Intertribal Organizations
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Health Board
All Pueblo Council of Governors
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC)
Intertribal Buffalo Council (ITBC)
Intertribal Timber Council (ITC)
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
United South and Eastern Tribes – Sovereignty Protection Fund
Native Organizations
Akiptan, Inc. Community Development Financial Institution
Alaska Village Initiatives (AVI)
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA)
Bear Cub Consulting
Elderberry Wisdom Farm
First Nations Development Institute
Fort Berthold Allottee Land & Mineral Owners Association
Four Bands Community Fund CDFI
Friendship House Association of American Indians
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Hempstead Project Heart
Ho-Chunk, Inc.
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (research partner)
Intertribal Agriculture Council
(Hoopa) Klamath Trinity Resource Conservation District
Indigenous Hemp Farmers Cooperative
Kamehameha Schools
Lakota Funds
Makoce Agriculture Development, Inc
Mesa Grande Business Development Corporation
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Tribal RPG
National Caucus of Native American State Legislators
National Indian Education Association
National Indian Health Board
Native American Community Development Corporation
Native American Contractors Association
Native American Financial Officers Association
Native American Fish & Wildlife Society
Nixyáawii Community Financial Services
Northern Shores Community Development, Inc.
Numu Allottee Association
Oklahoma Tribal Engagement Partners
Omaha Nation Farm
Osni Ponca, LLC
Pace LLP (Oneida Nation)
Pesticide Action Network
Running Water Ventures, LLC
Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority
Sixth World Solutions
Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations
Tatanka Funds
Founding Partner
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