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The Biden Administration just announced more than $4.3 million in federal money for a handful of tribes to bolster meat processing. Officials say the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are designed to improve connections to traditional food sources. It’s part of a larger $68 million federal appropriation just announced that includes cooperative land management to improve wildlife habitat and fire protection. We’ll find out how tribes will utilize money to improve food sovereignty.
GUESTS
Heather Thompson (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe), director of the Office of Tribal Relations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Cynthia Berns (enrolled member of the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor), project manager for the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor
Harleigh Moore-Wilson (Osage), Osage Nation Director of Natural Resources and Food Sovereignty
Dr. Lauren Divine, director of Ecosystem Conservation Office for the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island
Break 1 Music: La Grande Gigue Simple/ Red River Jig/ Big John McNeil (song) Métis Fiddler Quartet (artist) North West Voyage Nord Ouest (album)
Break 2 Music: Climb the Mountain [feat. Alison Jenkins] (song) Russell Wallace (artist) Russell Wallace (album)
