Indian Country Today | December 11, 2018

Native News Online | December 11, 2018

PowerPoint presentation | December 11, 2018

Board member Joe Hiller presented at the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting.

Tribal Business Journal | November 1, 2018

“As one of the top food experts in Indian Country, Janie Hipp (Chickasaw) is passionate about agriculture in Indian Country.”

Indian Country Today | August 16, 2018

“In the wake of the Keepseagle settlement, Federal courts have approved the appointment of fourteen trustees and an executive director. With over $266 million in funding, the NAAF is the largest philanthropic organization solely devoted to serving the Native American community.”

Philanthropy News Digest | August 14, 2018

“A decades-long battle to resolve claims that the U.S. Department of Agriculture systematically discriminated against Native American farmers and ranchers has come to an end with the establishment of a trust that will distribute $266 million from a 2010 civil rights settlement in which the U.S. government agreed to pay $680 million in damages for nearly twenty years of systematic discrimination in the awarding of farm loans.”

Agri-Pulse | August 13, 2018

“The largest Native American philanthropic institution in history has been set up to distribute $266 million awarded to Indian farmers and ranchers as part of a 2011 settlement with USDA.”

Washington Post | August 13, 2018

“The largest U.S. philanthropy serving Native American farmers and ranchers has been established to distribute $266 million from a landmark 2010 civil rights settlement in which the U.S. government agreed to pay for almost 20 years of official discrimination, court filings show.”