Image: Jerry McPeak at USDA CNAFR meeting
Description: Members of the U.S. Department of Agricultureâs (USDA) Council for Native American Farming and Ranching (CNAFR) at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. CNAFR was created to advise the Secretary on ways to eliminate barriers to participation for Native American Farmers and Ranchers in USDA programs. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. The 2018 CNAFR includes: CNAFR Chairman and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Agriculture Business Corporation Manager Mark Wadsworth of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and represents the Northwest Region. CNAFR Vice Chairman and Lakota Funds Executive Director Tawney Brunsch of the Oglala Sioux and represents the Great Plains Region. Alaska Region Alaska Tribal Conservation Alliance Executive Director Angela Peter of the Native Village of Tyonek . Eastern Region University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative Assistant Director Erin Parker. Eastern Oklahoma Region Former Oklahoma State Representative / Farm and Ranch Owner Jerry McPeak of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Eastern Oklahoma Region Choctaw Nation Executive Director of Agriculture Shannon McDaniel of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Navajo Region Navajo Agricultural Products Industry Crop Manager Roselyn Yazzie of the Navajo Nation. Southwest Region Farmer / Rancher Gilbert Louis III of the Pueblo of Acoma. Great Plains Region Sarah Vogel Law Partners P.C Attorney Sarah Vogel. Rocky Mountain Region McDonald Ranch Corporation Ranch Manager Margaret Goode of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes. Western Region Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Farmer / Rancher and Natural Resource / Land Director Sherry Crutcher of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. USDA Representatives: Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce. Secretary for Civil Rights (OCR) Acting Deputy Assistant Winona Lake Scott. Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) Acting Director Linda Cronin. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Acting Chief Leonard Jordan.
Title: Jerry McPeak at USDA CNAFR meeting
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