Farm Bill Paves the Way to Grow Industrial Hemp for Research

ICTMN Staff
2/10/14
A small provision in the new five-year, $480 billion Farm Bill that Obama signed into law Friday authorizes some states to grow hemp for research purposes, reported Al Jazeera ...

How Will Farm Bill & Food Stamp Cuts Impact Indian Country?

Rob Capriccioso
2/5/14
When the federal government shut down last fall, it wasn’t just monuments and national parks that closed as a result...

Farm Bill Would Cut $8 Billion From Food-Stamp Funding

ICTMN Staff
1/28/14
A new five-year farm bill unveiled Monday night is estimated to cut roughly $8 billion from food stamp funding over the next 10 years...

SNAP Funding Critical to Cherokee Nation, Indian Country

Principal Bill John Baker
11/1/13

As part of the Farm Bill reauthorization in the House of Representatives, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding will be substantially cut. This cut is harmful for Cherokee Nation citizens and will hurt Indian Country....

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NCAI Prez Demands New Farm Bill After Blizzard That Killed 100,000 Animals

ICTMN Staff
10/27/13
Fresh from his election as the 21st president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Brian Cladoosby has made it a priority to get aid for tribal members whose homes ...

What Else the House Farm Bill Left Out for Native Americans

Rob Capriccioso
7/30/13
The U.S...

Romneysia Hits Lakota Country

Ryan Wilson
10/24/12

I awoke early this morning concerned that my good friend Tim Giago had contracted Romneysia by wedding himself to Kristi Noem’s reelection aspirations. Concern for my friend compels me to do my part in inoculating him and Lakota land from the spread of Romneysia....

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