MUCKLESHOOT EVENTS CENTER — The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe recently hosted a United States Department of Agriculture conference on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). The event drew Tribal representatives from all over the U.S.
Councilman Donny Stevenson represented the Tribe and presented the conference agenda to kick off the event aimed at rebuilding trust and their relationships with Tribes. The FDPIR provides food to apporximately 53,000 income-eligible households on Tribal reservations and Native Americanhouseholds in approved areas near reservations. The program provides American-grown and produced foods and nutrition education that help reduce food insecurity and support nutritious diets.
Currently, the program is experiencing food delivery delays, which are impacting inventory levels at participating locations. The agency is trying to address the delays with additional funding to allow the program to purchase foods from other suppliers; expanding other federal nutrition programs; activating emergency food assistance programs; and leveraging a local food purchasing agreement.
The UW participated in its first Tribal Canoe Journey, with students, faculty, staff, and alums working together as a family — the Shell House Canoe Family, č̓away̓altxʷ ʔiišəd — to make it all happen.
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first Coho fishery on an Elwha River unimpeded by dams in more than 100 years got underway in mid-October. Tribal member Jonathan Arakawa shares his thoughts.
Rachel Heaton shares her experience leading six other native mountaineers up Tahoma, or Mount Rainier, to increase Native visibility and raise awareness of the ancient relationship between Tahoma and the Indigenous peoples who honor her.
Read the transcription of Muckleshoot Vice-Chairman Donny Stevenson’s keynote address to a large, nearly all-Native gathering celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day after marching from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall.
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