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Tribe seeks out farm bill funding

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Native American leaders are part of an initiative to bring more farm bill funding to Indian Country.

More than 30 tribes across the country have formed the Native Farm Bill Coalition, Minnesota Public Radio reported . Minnesota’s Shakopee Mdewakanon Sioux Community is leading the effort. The National Congress of American Indians, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and the Intertribal Agriculture Council have partnered with the coalition.

“Indian tribes have been either ignored or overlooked or been the victim of policy changes since we can remember, that’s just a fact of life,” said Keith Anderson, vice chair of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

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