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HONORING CLAIMANTS
                                                                                                                                                                                              “Trustees Claryca Mandan and Porter Holder
                                                                                                                                      NURTURING AG LEADERS                                    were honored by the NAAF Board of Trustees for
                                                                                                                                          “Fifteen Native high school FFA leaders flew        their leadership during the Keepseagle v. Vilsack
                                                                                                                                          to Washington, D.C. in July 2019 for the FFA        twenty-year class-action lawsuit.”
            GREENHOUSES AT RED CLIFF                            ADVOCATING IN D.C.
                “The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa       “Vince Logan met with Tyler Fish, Senior Policy                       Washington Leadership Conference.”
                in Wisconsin is increasing production with NAAF     Advisor & Tribal Liaison for the White House
                funding."                                           Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. “




























                                                                                                                                      LEARNING FROM TRIBAL LEADERS                        NETWORKING WITH TCU’S
                                                                                                                                          “Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman speaks          “Dr. Joe L. Graham and Cindy Farlee met with
            WORKING WITH NATIONAL FFA                           BLACKFEET YOUTH 4-H                                                       to NAAF Staff and Trustees about Suquamish          Dr. David Yarlott, Jr., President of Little Big Horn
               “Cindy Farlee met with National FFA Organization     “Blackfeet youth engage in 4-H to instill                             Seafoods.”                                          College and Chair of American Indian Higher
               at their headquarters in Indianapolis, IN to         agricultural values on the reservation."                                                                                  Education Consortium, during AIHEC’s annual
               work on increased Native youth participation in                                                                                                                                meeting.”
               agricultural education.”




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