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What It Means to Be Both Black and Indigenous
Thousands of people in the United States identify as Black-Indigenous or Afro-Indigenous. This community often faces issues like colorism and the erasure of their identities. Their experiences raise questions about conceptions of Indigeneity revealing the complex and often vexed relationships between cultures in the Americas.
To explore these questions and commemorate Black History Month, the Center for Native American Youth hosted the event
The group examined the relationship between their Black and Native cultural identities. They also shared how erasure and misperceptions impact those identities. Autumn began by recognizing how intersectionality is left out of critical conversations. The histories of Black and Indigenous peoples in the US are interwoven yet the relationship is often ignored and rarely taught. She also addressed the prevalent issue of colorism. In both the Black and Indigenous communities, the color of one’s skin
Several years ago, a grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) helped establish farms in Kodiakâs rural villages of Port Lions, Ouzinkie, Old Harbor and Larsen Bay.Â
The farms now bloom with fruits and vegetables every summer. They provide a critical source of fresh food for communities where things like apples and lettuce typically arrive on expensive shipments, if they come at all.Â
But Kodiakâs growing season is short, meaning many people in the archipelago still struggle for fresh produce in the colder parts of the year. This isnât only a problem in the villages, but in the city of Kodiak as well.Â
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The Administration for Native Americans announced that Farm to Table, a local nonprofit organization, was awarded a three-year grant focused on creating jobs within the agricultural industry.
Awarded Sept. 30, 2020, the first-year federal portion of the award is $399,894, with matching in-kind donations of $100,000.
The project, Feed Our Villages, Feed Our Future, will assist new and beginning growers with resources that enhance their skills to enter the commercial market, according to a news release. It will create new agriculture enterprises that provide a source of income for new growers and improve access to locally grown food. Over the years, we have received many requests from the community to offer assistance with developing farming skills that will create micro-farm opportunities for those with limited spaces, said Cassie Brady, project director at Farm to Table.
Lemmai-Mei gets $682,485 federal grant from MANGO
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The board of directors of Marianas Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations, or MANGO, announced a grant award of $682,485 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Native Americans for the Lemmai-Mei Nonprofit Incubator Project.
The three-year grant period began on Sept. 30 and will end Sept. 29, 2023. As an umbrella organization for the CNMI’s nonprofit organizations, the Lemmai-Mei Nonprofit Incubator Project will help 25 native nonprofit organizations receive incubator services to improve their sustainability, according to a news release.
Lemmai-Mei is a hyphenation of the Chamorro word for the breadfruit, lemmai, and the Carolinian word for breadfruit, mei. Breadfruit is considered a staple food throughout Oceania. The tree’s leaves, roots and sap have medicinal uses, and both the sap and the wood are used in canoe building.