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Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants
The agency said the awards included discriminatory preferences and wasteful spending, while grantees said the cuts threaten land access and training projects.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture ended 49 farm grants, citing discriminatory preferences and wasteful spending unrelated to agricultural land purchases.
- Piikani Lodge intended to use the grant to support both Native and non-Native farmers and ranchers in their area.
- The USDA criticized Piikani Lodge's use of $20,000 for a barbecue smoker as spending outside the program's goal to increase land access.
- A representative from the Chippewa Cree Tribe emphasized their sovereignty and political relationship with the U.S. government amid the grant terminations.
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Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants
Kim Paul, executive director of the Piikani Lodge Health Institute, a nonprofit on the Blackfeet Reservation that promotes health and well-being, saw the email notification flash across her computer screen as she was working late last week.
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