Federal commodity food programs perpetuate colonial dependency on Native lands

Evidence

Feeding those whom the government had deprived of food and sustenance became a major business and a new commercial opportunity for the fledgling western cattle industries. The Indian Department purchased a large amount of beef from western ranchers, setting the precedent for future price supports. This relationship continues to this day. The federal commodity program (a.k.a. “commods”) allocates canned beef, pork, and other food to Indian families. Ironically, many of these products originate from livestock raised on Native lands. This intergenerational distortion of subsistence, and its replacement with industrialized dependency, continues today. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 722

Categorization

• XREF: Institutional dependency chain parallels federal-services-as-bait pattern (ch5, ch17); also connects to the health-advisory fish burdens on Indigenous diets (ch16). — connects to: Federal services to tribes operate as bait-and-control like feeding livestock — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 216; Chronic federal underfunding of Indian environmental programs is deliberate colonial design; Subsidized American food imports destroy Jamaican farming and force tourism dependence — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 60 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Subsidized American food imports destroy Jamaican farming and force tourism dependence #corroborates (0.85) — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 60