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Release No. 0178.10
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
USDA Announces
Nutrition Assistance for Indian Tribal Organizations and States Operating the
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
ARRA Recovery
Act Funding Will Aid Americans in Need
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2010– Agriculture Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced that
Indian Tribal Organizations and States operating the Food Distribution Program
on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) have received over $4.5 million in American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding appropriated for the purchase of equipment
and the improvement of facilities needed to provide food assistance to
low-income families on and near Indian reservations.
“It is imperative that people throughout the country have access to safe and
nutritious food, and through the Recovery Act, we’re investing resources to
enhance the availability of food on Indian Reservations and tribal lands,” said
Concannon. “The Obama administration is committed to increasing the health and
nutrition of the American people, and these Recovery Act investments will help
further that goal.”
Through FDPIR, USDA purchases food that is provided to low-income households,
including the elderly, living on Indian reservations, and to Native American
families residing in designated areas near reservations and in the State of
Oklahoma. Currently, there are 271 tribes receiving benefits under FDPIR through
98 Indian Tribal Organizations and 5 State agencies. Almost 90,000 low-income
individuals receive a monthly FDPIR food package.
FDPIR Recovery Act funds have been provided to Indian Tribal Organizations
and government agencies in the states listed below. The remaining FDPIR
Recovery Act funds are expected to be allocated soon to other FDPIR Tribal
partners.
| State |
Indian Tribal
Organization |
Amount Allocated
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| Arizona |
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Gila River Indian Community
Navajo Nation
Quechan Indian Tribe
San Carlos Apache Tribe
White Mountain Apache Tribe |
$63,700
$40,015
$147,687
$49,889
$96,035
$22,760
|
| California |
Ft. Mojave Indian Tribe
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Riverside/San Bernardino County Indian
Health, Inc.
Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association
Tule River Tribe
Yurok Tribe
|
$6,600
$101,892
$4,162
$99,036
$56,948
$135,584
$79,145 |
| Colorado |
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
|
$15,000 |
| Idaho |
Coeur D’Alene Tribe of Idaho
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
|
$85,500
$10,250
$42,720 |
| Kansas |
Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast
Nebraska, Inc.
|
$19,200
$112,000
$45,000 |
| Michigan |
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians |
$53,235
$9,455
|
| Minnesota |
Bois Forte Reservation
Business Committee
Grand Portage Reservation
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
White Earth Band of Chippewa
|
$29,705
$18,362
$102,565
$7,533
$195,396
|
| Mississippi |
Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians
|
$11,198
|
| Montana |
Blackfeet Nation
Montana Department of Public Health and
Human Services
|
$20,000
$51,000 |
| Nebraska |
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Santee Sioux Nation
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska |
$63,000
$3,150
$110,000
|
| Nevada |
Shoshone Paiute Tribal
Council
Yerington Paiute Tribe |
$2,250
$61,046
|
| New Mexico |
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos
Council
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc.
Pueblo of Acoma
Pueblo of Zuni |
$65,525
$22,899
$48,495
$18,998
|
| New York |
Seneca Nation of Indians
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe |
$76,686
$3,251
|
| North Carolina |
Cherokee Tribe of North
Carolina |
$50,712
|
| North Dakota |
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe |
$5,987
$350,000
|
| Oklahoma |
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Osage Tribe of Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
|
$41,019
$149,640
$148,850
$22,376
$24,708
$57,224
$14,000
$20,000
$39,827 |
| Oregon |
Klamath Tribe
Siletz Confederated Indian Tribes
Warm Springs Confederated Tribes
|
$15,378
$6,990
$3,972
|
| South Dakota |
Cheyenne River
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
|
$18,900
$50,000
$59,715
$408,766
$182,590 |
| Washington |
Colville Confederated Tribes
Lummi Indian Tribe
Quinault Indian Nation
Quileute Indian Tribe
Small Tribes Organization of Western
Washington
South Puget Inter-Tribal Planning Agency
Spokane Tribe of Indians
Yakama Indian Nation
|
$47,172
$32,591
$45,892
$23,998
$4,994
$101,987
$14,070
$16,025 |
| Wisconsin |
Bad River Band of Lake
Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians
Ho Chunk Nation
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians
Stockbridge-Munsee Community
|
$45,875
$92,003
$13,540
$37,226
$25,950
$3,193
$55,213
$55,828 |
| Wyoming |
Shoshone Tribe
|
$99,745 |
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Total: |
$4,592,828 |
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11/27/2012
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