USDA Announces Nutrition Assistance for Indian Tribal Organizations and States Operating the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

["USDA Office of Communications" <oc.news@xxxxxxxx>]

 

Release No. Pending

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 of FDPIR Funding Allocated

Arizona:             Colorado River Indian Tribes                                                          $63,700

                           Gila River Indian Community                                                         $40,015

                           Navajo Nation                                                                                  $147,687

                           Quechan Indian Tribe                                                                      $49,889

                           San Carlos Apache Tribe                                                                 $96,035

                           White Mountain Apache Tribe                                                        $22,760

California:          Ft. Mojave Indian Tribe                                                                   $6,600

                           Hoopa Valley Tribe                                                                          $101,892

                           Riverside/San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.                   $4,162

                           Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians                                        $99,036

                           Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association                        $56,948

                           Tule River Tribe                                                                               $135,584

                           Yurok Tribe                                                                                      $79,145

Colorado:           Southern Ute Indian Tribe                                                               $15,000

Idaho:                 Coeur D’Alene Tribe of Idaho                                                        $85,500

                           Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho                                                                 $10,250

                           Shoshone-Bannock Tribes                                                               $42,720

Kansas:               Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas                                                               $19,200

                           Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation                                                $112,000

                           United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc.                  $45,000

Michigan:           Keweenaw Bay Indian Community                                                $53,235

                           Little River Band of Ottawa Indians                                              $9,455

Minnesota:         Bois Forte Reservation Business Committee                                   $29,705

                           Grand Portage Reservation                                                              $18,362

                           Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe                                                           $102,565

                           Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians                                            $7,533

                           White Earth Band of Chippewa                                                      $195,396

Mississippi:         Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians                                             $11,198

Montana:            Blackfeet Nation                                                                              $20,000

                           Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services          $51,000

Nebraska:           Omaha Tribe of Nebraska                                                                $63,000

                           Santee Sioux Nation                                                                        $3,150

                           Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska                                                         $110,000

Nevada:              Shoshone Paiute Tribal Council                                                       $2,250

                           Yerington Paiute Tribe                                                                     $61,046

New Mexico:     Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council                                          $65,525

                           Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc.                                                 $22,899

                           Pueblo of Acoma                                                                             $48,495

                           Pueblo of Zuni                                                                                 $18,998

New York:         Seneca Nation of Indians                                                                $76,686

                           St. Regis Mohawk Tribe                                                                  $3,251

North Carolina:  Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina                                                   $50,712

North Dakota:    Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe                                                                    $5,987

                           Standing Rock Sioux Tribe                                                              $350,000

Oklahoma:          Apache Tribe of Oklahoma                                                              $41,019

                           Cherokee Nation                                                                              $149,640

                           Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma                                   $148,850

                           Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma                                                      $22,376

                           Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.                                                                 $24,708

                           Muscogee (Creek) Nation                                                                $57,224

                           Osage Tribe of Oklahoma                                                                $14,000

                           Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma                                                   $20,000

                           Seminole Nation of Oklahoma                                                        $39,827

Oregon:              Klamath Tribe                                                                                  $15,378

                           Siletz Confederated Indian Tribes                                                   $6,990

                           Warm Springs Confederated Tribes                                                $3,972

South Dakota:    Cheyenne River                                                                               $18,900

                           Crow Creek Sioux Tribe                                                                  $50,000

                           Lower Brule Sioux Tribe                                                                 $59,715

                           Oglala Sioux Tribe                                                                           $408,766

                           Rosebud Sioux Tribe                                                                       $182,590

Washington:       Colville Confederated Tribes                                                           $47,172

                           Lummi Indian Tribe                                                                         $32,591

                           Quinault Indian Nation                                                                    $45,892

                           Quileute Indian Tribe                                                                       $23,998

                           Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington                         $4,994

                           South Puget Inter-Tribal Planning Agency                                      $101,987

                           Spokane Tribe of Indians                                                                 $14,070

                           Yakama Indian Nation                                                                    $16,025

Wisconsin:          Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians       $45,875

                           Ho Chunk Nation                                                                            $92,003

                           Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board                                   $13,540

                           Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians         $37,226

                           Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin                                            $25,950

                           Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin                                             $3,193

                           Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians                      $55,213

                           Stockbridge-Munsee Community                                                    $55,828

Wyoming:          Shoshone Tribe                                                                                $99,745

Total:                                                                                                                          $4,592,828

 

 

       

 

---

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).