Tribal Food Sovereignty & Security
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The goal of this webpage is to:
- Highlight Indigenous-led food assessments and projects that promote tribal food sovereignty; and
- Inform state and federal policy and decision makers of Tribal goals and objectives around food; and
- Increase awareness of educators and service providers of Tribal goals around food sovereignty.
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Food sovereignty and security was outlined in a conceptual framework by the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska in 2015. They found that without food sovereignty, there was no food security. One of the biggest threats to Indigenous Food Security is the lack of decision-making power and management authority for Indigenous communities over the food resources they depend upon.
Statewide Food Security Assessments
2022 Alaska Food Policy Council's Food Security Action Plan, Part 1: Statewide Planning
2022 State of Alaska Food Security and Independence Task Force Report & Website
2014 Building Food Security in Alaska, Ken Meter and Megan Phillips Goldenberg
2012 Food System Assessment, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA
Tribal & Regional Food Assessments
Athabaskan
2021 Tanana Chiefs Conference Regional Food Assessment and Recommendations
Alutiiq/Sugpiax
Eyak, Haida Tsimshian Tlingit
2021 Southeast Alaska Southeast Conference’s Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy 2021-2025
2021 Tlingit & Haida Survey of the Impact of COVID-19
2020 Hoonah Food System Assessment
2013 Southeast Alaska Food System Assessment
2014 Sitka Community Food Assessment Indicators
Report
Inuit, Inupiaq, & Yup'ik
2022 Kawerak, Bering Straight Community Needs Assessment
2015 Alaska Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework
Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Yup'ik & Cup'ik
Alaska Tribal Conservation Districts
22 Tribal conservation districts in Alaska have partnered with USDA to "help people use and manage tribal resources in accordance with their capabilities and needs for protection and improvement. Each party is independent, has its respective responsibilities, yet recognizes the need to coordinate as partners for the successful delivery of all USDA programs."
Examples include:
Chugach Region Tribal Conservation District
Eklutna Tribal Conservation District
Tyonek Tribal Conservation District
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
Working Groups or Councils
Alaska
Alaska Food Policy Council's Indigenous Foods Working Group
Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Indigenous-led Food Sovereignty Working Group, Arctic Observing Network
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
United States
Reports & Initiatives
Alaska
2022 State of Alaska Report on Wild Food Use in Alaska
2022 Alaska Food Systems Website
2022 Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force Final Report
2018 ADF&G's Food Security and Wild Resource Harvests in Alaska
2017 A Scoping Review of Traditional Food Security in Alaska
2015 Alaska Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework
United States
2022 Advocating for the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program
2022 Food Insecurity among American Indian and Alaska Native People
First Nations Development Institute Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool
USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative
Native American Agriculture Fund Recommendations
Tribal Food Projects
Alaska
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's Store Outside Your Door Program
Aleut Traditional Food Series: Qaqamiiĝux̂
Anaktuvuk Pass, Gardens in the Arctic
Chukchi Campus (UAF) Food Security & Sovereignty Project
Indigenizing Salmon Management
Maniilaq Association's Traditional Food Program
Tlaa Deneldel Community Group in Nenana
Rural Farms Supported by RurAL CAP's GROW Program
Stevens Village Tribe's Bison Ranch In Delta Junction
Sustainable Southeast Partnership Food Sovereignty Projects
Tanana Chiefs Conference's Hunting, Fishing, Gathering Task Force
United States
Blackwell, Wisconsin Bodwéwadmi Ktëgan (Potawatomi Farm)