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These amendments gave Tribal Leaders more oversight in the way funds were actually being spent on tribal programs.

That includes increasing tribal control to source healthier options in the food packages serving Native communities.

Tribal chairman Robert Gomez said the land will be used for tribal ceremonies, cultural education, public-access hiking and fishing, and ecological restoration.

We have different tribal affiliations, different traditions, different tastes in Pop Tarts.

But even then, tribal ability to punish non-Indians remains… limited.

One Swinomish tribal member, Joe Williams, describes the program as “looking to our ancestors’ playbook on how to adapt to climate change.”

There’s much more on tribal sovereignty in episode 2.

This is a map of the 574 federally recognized tribal nations in what’s now known as the United States.

Also known as INCOG, they’re a mix of tribal and local governments.

This research values Native sovereignty, knowledge, and perspectives and involves collaborating using tribal members’ own interpretations.