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Six tribal colleges and universities were named recipients of a new grant program to promote Indigenous Foodways. Earlier this year, the Sovereign Equity Fund—a nonprofit focused on providing equitable funding access across Indian Country— announced the inaugural fund $2.4 million Cultural Foodways fund in collaboration with the Mellon Foundation and the Native American Agriculture Fund. The fund will grant six tribal colleges and universities each $200 thousand over two years for projects focused on learning about, sharing, and safeguarding the artistic, cultural and humanistic aspects of Native foodways, according to the nonprofit’s announcement this week.

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