{"id":34130,"date":"2023-12-06T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=34130"},"modified":"2023-12-06T07:20:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:20:43","slug":"department-of-agriculture-names-tribal-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/06\/department-of-agriculture-names-tribal-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Agriculture announces inaugural Tribal Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/06\/department-of-agriculture-names-tribal-advisory-committee\/cheyenneriverbuffaloauthoritycorporation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"34136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/06\/department-of-agriculture-names-tribal-advisory-committee\/cheyenneriverbuffaloauthoritycorporation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06\/CheyenneRiverBuffaloAuthorityCorporation-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" 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;USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt, Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority CEO Jayme Murray, Office of Tribal Relations Director Heather Dawn Thompson, and Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Paul Kiecker.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1697208859&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=\"Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority Corporation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority Corporation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bison managed by the Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority Corporation (CRBAC) on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The CRBAC is  an independent business owned by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/53268466488\/&gt;U.S. Department of Agriculture&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06\/CheyenneRiverBuffaloAuthorityCorporation-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06\/CheyenneRiverBuffaloAuthorityCorporation-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority Corporation\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34136\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Bison managed by the Cheyenne River Buffalo Authority Corporation (CRBAC) on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The CRBAC is  an independent business owned by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/53268466488\/>U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Department of Agriculture announces inaugural Tribal Advisory Committee <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, December 6, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/>U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a> (USDA) is finally launching the first-ever Tribal Advisory Committee.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe committee will provide advice and guidance to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecVilsack\">Secretary Tom Vilsack<\/a>. The leader of the USDA announced the inaugural members of the advisory panel on Wednesday, in conjunction with the opening of the White House Tribal Nations Summit. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAs tribes have requested, we are reshaping our programs to incorporate tribal and Indigenous perspectives, remove barriers, and encourage tribal self-determination. USDA is working directly with tribal nations to support their decisions on how best to co-steward federal lands and forests and the traditions that have been passed down from ancestors and elders,\u201d   Vilsack said in a news release that touted his department&#8217;s initiatives in Indian Country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Tribal Advisory Committee was authorized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2018\/12\/12\/indian-country-makes-final-push-for-farm.asp\">Farm Bill of 2018<\/a> but the prior administration never got it off the ground. Vilsack finally took action this past summer.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cEstablishing the Tribal Advisory Committee is an important step towards ensuring tribal perspectives are well represented at USDA and positioned to inform how the department meets its trust responsibility to tribes across the nation,\u201d  Vilsack said in a <a href=https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2023\/06\/28\/usda-solicits-nominations-tribal-advisory-committee>June 28 news release<\/a> in which nominations were solicited.\r\n<P><\/P><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nA <a href=https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/06\/28\/2023-13728\/intent-to-establish-the-tribal-advisory-committee-and-solicitation-of-nominations-for-membership-to>June 28 notice in the Federal Register<\/a> invited nominations from tribes, tribal organizations and  other organizations with expertise in food and agriculture.  Appointments  were then   made by the Secretary of Agriculture, along with  key members of the 118th Congress &#8212;   the chairs and ranking members of the House Committee on Agriculture;  the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and  the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe inaugural members  of the Tribal Advisory Committee represent all corners of Indian Country. They follow:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-4>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Rep. Glenn &#8220;GT&#8221; Thompson (R-Pennsylvania), Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Trenton Kissee, Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Eastern Oklahoma Region)<\/div>\r\n<div>David Pourier, Tribal Council, Oglala Sioux Tribe (Great Plains Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Rep. David Scott (D-Georgia), Ranking Member, House Committee on Agriculture:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Charles \u201cMonty\u201d Roessel, President, Dine College (Navajo Region)<\/div>\r\n<div>Kelsey Scott, Chief Operating Officer, Intertribal Agriculture Council (Great Plains Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Whitney Gravelle, President, Bay Mills Indian Community (Midwest Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Sen. John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Whitney Sawney, Director of Communications and Policy, Native American Agriculture Fund (Eastern Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii),  Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Glenn Teves, County Extension, University of Hawai\u2019i (Hawai\u2019i Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Karen Linnell, Executive Director, Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (Alaska Region)<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div><em>Appointed by Secretary Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture:<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>Meagen Baldy, Food Safety Specialist, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (Pacific Region)<\/div>\r\n<div>William \u201cBilly\u201d Barquin, Attorney General, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Pacific Northwest Region)<\/div>\r\n<div>Benjamin \u201cBen\u201d Jacobs, Co-founder\/President, Tocabe Restaurant and Indigenous Foods Marketplace (Southwest Region)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Tribal Advisory Committee is required to meet at least two times a year. The USDA expects it will be meeting every quarter.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Federal Register Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/06\/28\/2023-13728\/intent-to-establish-the-tribal-advisory-committee-and-solicitation-of-nominations-for-membership-to>Intent To Establish the Tribal Advisory Committee and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership to the Committee<\/a> (June 28, 2023)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is finally launching its Tribal Advisory Committee.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34136,"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":[1,14],"tags":[3586,170,346,557,1332,40,48,138,213,91,1235,556,2390],"class_list":["post-34130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-118th","tag-congress","tag-dc","tag-farm-bill","tag-federal-register","tag-food","tag-house","tag-meetings","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-tom-vilsack","tag-usda","tag-whtns","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/06\/CheyenneRiverBuffaloAuthorityCorporation-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-8Su","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34130","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=34130"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34159,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34130\/revisions\/34159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}