Putting Tribal Sovereignty in Food Sovereignty
Congress remains in recess through Labor Day. IFAI recently published an analysis of the USDA Final Rule on Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers. Our Rooted Wisdom podcast team interviewed Akiptan’s, Skya Ducheneaux to discuss how Native CDFIs are reshaping...
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Location: Virtual during school year; Summer breaks in Mission, OR Closing Date: Open Until Filled Duties Include: Research Assistance: Assist with experimental design, planning, and implementation of research...
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Location: Portland, OR Closing Date: Open Until Filled Duties Include: Ensure the financial health of the organization. Manage financial performance by developing long-range plans and forecasts and monitoring performance...
The public comment period on USDA’s Reorganization Plan is still open. All stakeholders, including Tribal governments, are encouraged to submit their feedback to reorganization@usda.gov by September 30, 2025. The Department’s reorganization plans were published via...
Bay Mills Indian Community Location: Brimley, MI Closing Date: Open Until Filled Duties Include: Act as counsel on behalf of the BMIC and BMCC on any issues affecting the BMIC and BMCC or any of its governmental or commercial entities. As counsel appear before all...
Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council Location: Nome, AK Closing Date: Open Until Filled Duties Include: Leadership and Communication: Demonstrates strong organizational management skills to work without supervision while managing all ANCC programmatic and...
Coming soon: IFAI will be releasing an analysis of the proposed USDA reorganization and its potential impact on Indian Country food systems and agricultural production. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is seeking public comments on the Special Milk Program for...
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Location: Fallon, NV Closing Date: August 30, 2025 Duties Include: Oversees all Tribal departments and programs; develop and train employees and delegate tasks and responsibilities to them in an effective manner; to plan and coordinate the...
On Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee will review the USDA reorganization proposal that was dropped at the end of last week. IFAI is working on an analysis of the proposed reorganization and potential impact on Indian Country food...
IFAI is back to policy briefs after a one-week hiatus following our annual Tribal Youth Summit. We have updated Congressional notes from the last two weeks, including Senate Appropriations hearing on FY2026 USDA-FDA funding, Senate Indian Affairs nomination...