How Trump's funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law

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Trump’s funding freeze of Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law

According to legal experts, the cutoff erodes the little trust Indian Country has in the federal government. The post Trump’s funding freeze of Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law appeared first on High Country News.

How Trump's funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with High Country News. Jill Falcon Ramaker couldn’t believe what she was hearing on the video call. All $5 million dollars of her and her colleagues’ food sovereignty grants were frozen. She watched the faces of her colleagues drop. Ramaker is Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe and the director of Buffalo Nations Food Sovereignty at Montana State University – a program that supports Indigenous foodways…

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How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law - Investigate Midwest

This story was originally published by Grist. It was produced by Grist and co-published with High Country News.Jill Falcon Ramaker couldn’t believe what she was hearing on the video call. All $5 million dollars of her and her colleagues’ food sovereignty grants were frozen. She watched the faces of her colleagues drop.Ramaker is Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe and the director of Buffalo Nations Food Sovereignty at Montana State University – a progr…