US EditionTribes that Restored Buffalo Are Killing some to Feed People because of the Shutdown
The Blackfeet Nation harvested 18 bison to produce over 3,000 pounds of meat for about 2,300 families facing food insecurity amid federal food aid cuts.
- On the Fort Peck Reservation, tribal officials are killing bison from their herd to provide meat to tribal members affected by the government shutdown's interruption of food aid.
- About one-third of the reservation's members depend on federal nutrition assistance that was only partially paid in November due to the shutdown.
- Tribal leaders anticipated this situation years ago when building up their bison herds as a food source, saying "It shows we still need buffalo.
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Tahlequah Daily Press
Stillwater News PressOKLAHOMA WATCH: Native American tribes are struggling in wake of SNAP uncertainty
As appropriations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s funding remains uncertain because of the government shutdown, Native American tribes across the U.S. have been forced to step in with emergency funds to support families who rely on the federal aid.
Oklahoma Watch: Native American tribes are struggling in wake of SNAP uncertainty
As appropriations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s funding remains uncertain because of the government shutdown, Native American tribes across the U.S. have been forced to step in with emergency funds to support families who rely on the federal aid.
The spokesman-Review
The Seattle TimesWhen food cuts loomed, this tribe turned to bison
BROWNING, Mont. – The carcasses of freshly killed bison lay on the wind-scoured plains of the Blackfeet Nation in Western Montana, waiting to be sawed apart and trucked to a butcher.
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