Ponca Tribe to build new facility with USDA grant
The tribe was awarded $4.8 million.
Source: meatpoultry.com
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The tribe was awarded $4.8 million.
Tribe officials said the facility will be used to sustainably harvest and distribute meat to its members in accordance with sacred traditions.
A tribe in Nebraska has received millions of dollars to build afacility to harvest, process, manufacture, and store buffalo meat.
The grant falls under the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program.
The Tribe will use the facility to sustainably harvest and distribute meat from its bison herd to tribal members across the country, in accordance with sacred tribal tradition.