The federal commodity foods program for Spirit Lake Nation is running out of staples such as fruit juice, frozen veggies, beans and noodles. (Grace Fiori/Buffalo’s Fire) This August a food program for ...

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A near-empty warehouse for a Native American food distribution program. The federal Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations and other food programs are running out of staples such as fruit ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized to tribal communities this week for delays in shipments and delivery of expired food during a tense congressional hearing that highlighted widespread ...

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the USDA to address what they characterize as "unacceptable" services a federal food distribution program is providing to Native American reservations. The ...