The Native American Agriculture Fund was created after the lawsuit, Keepseagle v. Vilsack, uncovered discrimination against Native American farmers and ranchers in the U.S. Agriculture Department. The ag fund is evolving with the creation of its Sovereign Equity Fund. Shirley Sneve has this interview with its new Executive Director Courtney Chavis. Actor and singer, Booboo Stewart, has teamed up with Movember to raise awareness for Native men's mental health and suicide prevention. ICT's Daniel Herrera Carbajal talked with him about his work and this collaboration. As an anthropologist, Sven Haakanson says he is concerned with connecting the past to the present for Indigenous people. He is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, and the curator of North American Anthropology at the Burke Museum. ICT's Shirley Sneve with this conversation.
Broadcast In: English Duration: 0:26:46