Thoughts on the loss of SNAP and its effects on Indigenous Communities.
By: Denee Bex, MPH, RD, CDCES, LD Did you know that over 1 million American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) receive SNAP benefits, aka food stamps? That reflects about a quarter (25%) of all AI/AN households in the U.S. Just to give you some context, the national poverty rate for American Indians was 25.4% as of 2018, which is the highest poverty rate among all ethnic minority groups in the U.S. This state of reduced wealth was no accident. It is a result of federal policies and...