Legislation aiming to turn over a federal food distribution program to tribal communities has been introduced by Oklahoma’s ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.” Now the Trump administration has ended a program intended to fix the problem.

White fish, cranberry, maple sugar, zucchini, kale, sweet corn. These were some of the foods in the Tribal Elder Food Box distributed at the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center on Historic ...

Lawmakers press USDA on shortages in tribal food assistance program. 08/23/24 3:52 PM By Rebekah Alvey. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Food Distribution Program in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Ashlie D. Stevens is Salon's senior food editor. She is also an award-winning radio producer, editor and features writer — with a special emphasis on food, culture and subculture.

Amid a monthslong food shortage affecting tribal food assistance programs, U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to swiftly and ...

Food insecurity on tribal lands is a solvable problem. By embracing bottom-up, innovative solutions and investing in community-based transit solutions, ...

Bellanger came back to work for her tribe’s food distribution program a few years ago, which now serves 234 households and more than 500 people and is open for food assistance every Tuesday ...

In 2021, the Tribal Elder Food Box program began in response to a shortage of food for Native elders, said Carolee Dodge Francis, who chairs the department of civil society community studies in ...