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Research assistant Kyle Kootswaytewa of the Institute of American Indian Arts Tribal College and University checks on the health of native corn crops in the IAIA Demonstration Garden, in Santa Fe, NM in 2019. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung)

Native American agricultural leaders detail farm bill priorities at U.S. Senate hearing
BY: - March 24, 2023

WASHINGTON — A roundtable of Native American agricultural leaders at a recent U.S. Senate hearing lobbied for increased sovereignty and social justice in the coming farm bill by expanding tribes’ jurisdiction over U.S. Department of Agriculture programs.  It’s called “638” authority and refers to Public Law 93-638, which gives tribes the power to manage certain […]

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