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National organizations are pushing tribal nations to establish formal agricultural authority, pointing to Oneida Nation and a handful of other early adopters as models for claiming regulatory control before state and local agencies do it by default.
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Two tribally owned markets have begun doubling federal food assistance for fresh produce, giving SNAP shoppers up to $20 in daily matching funds as part of a federally funded push to improve access to healthy foods in rural southeastern Oklahoma.
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Alaska Native communities secured a victory in their fight to maintain federal subsistence fishing protections after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Alaska's appeal, leaving in place a lower-court ruling that preserves decades of precedent.
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Native agriculture advocates are mounting a coordinated push to help tribal nations take greater control of their agriculture.
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USDA Rural Development has approved a $25 million loan guarantee for the Blue Mountain Mill, a regenerative flour mill under construction at Coyote Business Park on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon.
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Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), along with Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), reintroduced the Native American Seeds Act on Thursday, legislation that would authorize the Department of the Interior to support tribal seed banks and traditional farming practices.
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Tribal Fire, a Native-owned cannabis delivery service in Sandwich, Mass., has partnered with cannabis producer Suncrafted to launch what the companies are calling the first Native American-branded cannabis product on the East Coast.
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The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana will open its second Raintree Market grocery store in Jeanerette on Wednesday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. at the new location.
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A federal hemp ban tucked into a government funding bill threatens to upend tribal cannabis operations across the country, forcing Native businesses to navigate new restrictions within a year.
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A Native-led nonprofit in New Mexico nonprofit will distribute more than $1 million in federal grants to tribes and tribal organizations for bison production projects.