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Host: Brett Maybee
The Oneida and Lummi nations and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium are among those taking part in an effort to operate their own federal commodity food programs, known as “Commods”. The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation’s Self-Determination Demonstration Project offers authorization to tribes under Public Law 93-638 to select foods included in program food packages for the first time. It’s a big step toward tribal food sovereignty and a move that could boost local and tribal food economies.
Guests:
Lexie Holden (member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) – associate director of policy and government relations for the Intertribal Agriculture Council
Erin Parker – director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas School of Law
Daniel Guzman-King (Oneida) – councilman of the Oneida Nation
Gregory Nothstine (member of the Native Village of Wells) – Food Distribution Program manager for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) – chef, CEO and co-founder of NATIFS, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, and The Sioux Chef
Break 1 music: Gold Skies (Neon Natives Remix) (song/single) Neon Natives (artist)
Break 2 music: Porcupine Singers’ Song (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
Real good site to vest. Will give tribes the food that is developed
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