{"id":273861,"date":"2025-10-29T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=273861"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:13:20","slug":"native-america-calling-the-menu-snap-runs-out-alaska-traditional-relief-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/29\/native-america-calling-the-menu-snap-runs-out-alaska-traditional-relief-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: SNAP running out and Alaska traditional relief foods"},"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\">Wednesday, October 29, 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: SNAP runs out, Alaska traditional relief foods\r\n<\/div>\r\nFederal food assistance is set to stop November 1 if lawmakers are unable to solve the government shutdown. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThat means the supply of food through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a> to low-income Native Americans will begin running out without help from alternative sources. Some tribes are putting funds and other efforts toward filling the sudden gap. At least one tribe is culling their own buffalo herds to provide meat for hungry citizens. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to get an overview of the situation for Native residents who rely on SNAP.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso, hear about the lengths to which Alaska Native organizations are working to provide traditional foods to the people displaced by major storms on the state\u2019s west coast.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/29\/native-america-calling-the-menu-snap-runs-out-alaska-traditional-relief-foods\/departmentofagriculture\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-274774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"274774\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/29\/native-america-calling-the-menu-snap-runs-out-alaska-traditional-relief-foods\/departmentofagriculture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29\/DepartmentofAgriculture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" 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=\"Department of Agriculture\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Department of Agriculture&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Bottom line, the well has run dry,&amp;#8221; reads the &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program&gt;website for the Department of Agriculture&lt;\/a&gt;, confirming that funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program runs out on November 1, 2025. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29\/DepartmentofAgriculture.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29\/DepartmentofAgriculture.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Agriculture\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-274774\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> &#8220;Bottom line, the well has run dry,&#8221; reads the <a href=https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program>website for the Department of Agriculture<\/a>, confirming that funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program runs out on November 1, 2025. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nCarly Griffith-Hotvedt (Cherokee), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoodandag.com\/\">Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative<\/a> at the University of Arkansas School of Law\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLyle Rutherford (Blackfeet), council member for <a href=\"https:\/\/blackfeetnation.com\/government\/council\/\">Blackfeet Nation<\/a>, headquartered in Montana\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKelsey Ciugun Wallace (Yup\u2019ik and Irish), president and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskanative.net\/\">Alaska Native Heritage Center<\/a> in Anchorage, Alaska\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>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that low-income Native families rely on for food is about to run out of money.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274774,"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":[11,1,14],"tags":[78,79,1171,379,250,5354,170,3469,40,6876,6802,243,249,133,134,224,3618,483],"class_list":["post-273861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-arkansas","tag-bison","tag-blackfeet","tag-carly-griffith-hotvedt","tag-congress","tag-disasters","tag-food","tag-kelsey-ciugun-wallace","tag-lyle-rutherford","tag-media","tag-montana","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-shutdown","tag-snap","tag-subsistence","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29\/DepartmentofAgriculture.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-19f7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273861","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=273861"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274775,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273861\/revisions\/274775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}