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The Yurok Tribe received a $1.4 million USDA Rural Development Program High Energy Cost Grant to procure portable solar units for tribal homes that do not have access to grid electricity.
Yurok Tribe Acquires Arcata-Based Lindgren Lumber Company Yurok elder Joe Lindgren sold his lumber company after he retired and is volunteering as an unpaid advisor through the transition in ownership. Photo courtesy of Matt Lindgren The Yurok Tribe purchased the Lindgren Lumber Company from its owner, elder Joe Lindgren, who retired last year after running the business for 30 years. From a tribal news release Tuesday: Down to the last particle of sawdust, every piece of wood that enters the Lindgren Lumber Company property leaves in the form of a commercially valuable product. Built from...
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 3:37 PM click to enlarge Louisa McCovey With the help of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding, the Yurok Tribe has purchased 40-acres of agricultural land to create a food security farm filled with healthy fruits and vegetables. “The COVID-19 crisis illuminated a very real potential for food shortages in our rural region. We purcha...