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Oklahoma Tribes Highlighted for Successful Cattle & Bison Meat Processing Plants

Adrian Sinclair, plant manager at the 1839 Cherokee Meat Co. in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Photo source: Ben Felder/Investigate Midwest)...

Oct 23, 2024

On September 30, Congress let the 2018 Farm Bill extension expire. They now have until the end of the calendar year to pass a new Farm...

Oct 2, 2024

Indian Country Advocate & Lifelong Montana Cowboy Leon LaSalle from the Chippewa Cree Tribe Leon LaSalle is a member of the Chippewa Cree...

Sep 20, 2024

On September 10, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Chairman Cole Miller and Intertribal Agriculture Council CEO Kari Jo Lawrence,...

Sep 11, 2024

August 28, 2024 - Agri-Pulse Agri-Pulse spotlighted the Native Farm Bill Coalition in an article titled “ Advocates press USDA to solve...

Aug 29, 2024

Crystal Eggemeyer from the Native Village of Port Lions Tribe, Alaska Port Lions is a community on Kodiak Island, off the southern Alaska...

Aug 26, 2024

In the last several days, Members of Congress have sent three separate bipartisan letters to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),...

Aug 26, 2024

USDA’s deadline for requesting direct cash assistance for emergency food purchases is today (August 19). USDA has stated that it will...

Aug 19, 2024

USDA using $11 million of CCC Funds for emergency food purchases, other solutions Tribes across the country are experiencing severe...

Aug 14, 2024

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