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USDA Tribal Consultation on EDUCATION & RESEARCH
April 18, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
AGENDA
2:00-3:00 pm ET TRIBAL CAUCUS
Co-hosted by American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
3:00-5:00 pm ET TRIBAL CONSULTATION: EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Mission Areas: Research, Education and Economics (REE)
Agencies: National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and 1994 Tribal Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Program
Introduction/Consulting Officials:
• Research, Education, and Economics (REE), Acting Under Secretary & Acting USDA Chief Scientist, Chavonda Jacobs-Young (2021 Consultation Official)
• Research, Education, and Economics (REE), Deputy Under Secretary, Shefali Mehta
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Director, Carrie Castille
2021 Barriers Progress & 2022 Next Steps:
1) Integrate Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge & Practices
2) Funding Parity for 1994 Land-Grants (1994s)
3) Increase USDA Partnerships with 1994s
4) Streamline NIFA Grants processes for 1994s
5) Revise and increase Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP)/Tribal Extension Funding Terms