{"id":147664,"date":"2025-05-30T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=147664"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:38:46","slug":"native-america-calling-the-future-of-snap-loggings-effects-on-food-and-native-culinary-arts-grads-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/30\/native-america-calling-the-future-of-snap-loggings-effects-on-food-and-native-culinary-arts-grads-on-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The future of SNAP, logging\u2019s effects on food, and Native culinary arts grads on The Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, May 30, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">The Menu: The future of SNAP, logging\u2019s effects on food, and Native culinary arts grads <\/div>\r\n President Donald Trump\u2019s proposed spending plan, dubbed the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill,\u201d would cut about $300 billion from the program that provides food to low-income residents. If it survives Congress intact, thousands of Native people will lose eligibility for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at the Department of Agriculture<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTribes and conservation groups worry the Trump administration\u2019s push for expanded logging of federal land poses a threat to Indigenous foods, like salmon.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nNicole Livingston is one of a handful of students who graduated this semester from the only tribal college <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajotech.edu\/academics\/associate-of-applied-science\/culinary-arts\/\">culinary arts program at Navajo Technical University<\/a>. She\u2019s off to an internship at the country\u2019s most renown Indigenous restaurant: Owamni in Minnesota by Sean Sherman, also known as the Sioux Chef.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to talk about these topics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/category\/special-features\/the-menu\/\">The Menu<\/a>, a regular feature on Indigenous food sovereignty hosted by Andi Murphy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/30\/native-america-calling-the-future-of-snap-loggings-effects-on-food-and-native-culinary-arts-grads-on-the-menu\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-147669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-attachment-id=\"147669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/30\/native-america-calling-the-future-of-snap-loggings-effects-on-food-and-native-culinary-arts-grads-on-the-menu\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indigenous Food &amp;#038; Agriculture Initiative\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Indigenous Food &amp;#038; Agriculture Initiative&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Crops. Photo courtesy &lt;a href=https:\/\/indigenousfoodandag.com\/press-kit\/&gt;Indigenous Food &amp;#038; Agriculture Initiative&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative.jpg\" alt=\"Indigenous Food &amp; Agriculture Initiative\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147669\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Crops. Photo courtesy <a href=https:\/\/indigenousfoodandag.com\/press-kit\/>Indigenous Food &#038; Agriculture Initiative<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n Kelli Case (Chickasaw), staff attorney at the <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoodandag.com\">Indigenous Food &#038; Agriculture Initiative<\/a>  at the University of Arkansas School of Law\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBrian Tatsukawa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajotech.edu\/academics\/certificate\/culinary-arts\/\">culinary arts instructor<\/a> at Navajo Technical University, a tribal college on the <a href=https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/>Navajo Nation<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nNicole Livingston (Din\u00e9), graduate of the culinary arts program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajotech.edu\/\">Navajo Technical University<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nErik Holt (Nez Perce), chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nezperce.org\/government\/commissions\/\">Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission<\/a> in Idaho\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of Native people stand to lose eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through the Big Beautiful Bill touted by President Donald Trump.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18,11,1,14],"tags":[214,6459,170,75,4694,40,6024,894,5307,6458,243,381,133,24,1851,6457,134,1852,2067,165,556,102],"class_list":["post-147664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-education","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","tag-appropriations","tag-brian-tatsukawa","tag-congress","tag-donald-trump","tag-erik-holt","tag-food","tag-fy2026","tag-idaho","tag-ifai","tag-kelli-case","tag-media","tag-minnesota","tag-native-america-calling","tag-navajo","tag-nez-perce","tag-nicole-livingston","tag-radio","tag-salmon","tag-sean-sherman","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-usda","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30\/indigenousfoodagricultureinitiative.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-CpG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147664"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147670,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147664\/revisions\/147670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}