Native American tribal leaders warned USDA months ago of a potential food shortage for two key food assistance programs. What's happened since is reminiscent of challenges faced during the COVID-19 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers packing non-perishables at food bank Getty Images/FatCamera Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Food delivery trucks stopped coming on time to the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota this summer. “Towards the end of July, that’s when we started running out of a supply ...

Tribal governments say they could increase American Indian and Alaska Native participation in a wide range of USDA programs if they can get the authority to run them on their own through the next farm ...

The USDA’s Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, better known as FDPIR, serves as an alternative to food stamps for eligible families living in tribal communities. Instead of receiving a ...

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 ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized this week to tribes and low-income elderly for the recent failure of USDA food delivery programs many of them rely on. The apology came at a joint ...

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is asking a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve its plan to regulate hemp production on tribal lands. In a lawsuit filed in South ...