Building Indigenous Food Sovereignty: How Creating a Tribal Department of Agriculture can help

Description: In 2025, the National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution supporting the establishment of Tribal departments of agriculture as a way to bolster Tribal sovereignty through agriculture. Tribal departments of agriculture are poised to ensure Tribes have the authority and infrastructure needed to build and regulate their own agricultural economies, cultivating food sovereignty as part of Tribal sovereignty. In this interactive session we’re joined by Nickole Keith of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi and Will Derouin of the Grand Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians to learn about their respective departments of agriculture and Tribal food sovereignty efforts.