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Native America Calling: Federal program to expand Native food hubs
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Federal program to expand Native food hubs
A pilot program at the Department of the Interior aims to place Indigenous food hubs at a handful of Bureau of Indian Education schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs operated detention centers.
The new effort follows a similar program to distribute traditional food on Indian Reservations. It’s part of an effort to make sure Native people who receive help from the U.S. government have access to healthy, local food produced by tribal food vendors.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks about how this new pilot program will work and what it means for Native food sovereignty.
New: @Interior announced that Indigenous Food Hubs will enhance culturally based healthy nutrition for @BureauIndianEdu schools and @BureauIndAffrs detention centers. https://t.co/cjUkr81iyU
— Indian Affairs (@USIndianAffairs) September 27, 2022
Guests on Native America Calling
Foster Cournoyer-Hogan (Ihanktonwan Dakota/enrolled Siċaŋġu Lakota), Lakota foods coordinator for Wakanyeja Tokeyahci Wounspe Oti, the Lakota Immersion School
Bradley Harrington (member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), culture and language revitalization advocate

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