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Lucas bill would grant Tribes full control of food distribution program

WASHINGTON – Legislation aiming to turn over a federal food distribution program to tribal communities has been introduced by Oklahoma’s two most senior House members, one of whom is the chair of the ...
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The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.

On Nov. 1st, when the Trump administration announced it would not disburse benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, due to the ongoing government shutdown, tribal ...
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As tribes restore bison, an effort to get them on school lunch menus

Lisa Iron Cloud grew up poor. The Oglala Lakota woman's family moved frequently, sometimes living on the Pine Ridge reservation, other times in nearby Rapid City, South Dakota. Family meals came from ...
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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 ...
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Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown

WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) — On the open plains of the Fort Peck Reservation, Robert Magnan leaned out the window of his truck, set a rifle against the door frame and then “pop!” — a bison tumbled dead in ...