Every five years, U.S. legislators update bipartisan legislation regulating the agriculture industry and federal food assistance programs through the Agriculture Improvement Act, or farm bill. In June, Janie Simms Hipp addressed the Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma City about potential policy changes. She is director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Read More »
With the growing economic impact of Native American tribal governments and their commercial enterprises, two Oklahoma lawmakers are working to give these businesses the same advantage as their private counterparts. Congressman Frank Lucas (R – OK) recently introduced H.R.2626, which amends the Internal Revenue Service’s Code to allow tribal governments to be shareholders of an Read More »