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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/native-organizers-alliance",
"title": "Support Tribe's use of Hemp",
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"description": "After federal legalization of hemp in 2018, many Tribal Nations across the United States now self-regulate their hemp production on their lands. This is an act of self-determination that should be honored by the U.S. federal government as a step towards sustainable economic development. Although it’s newly legalized under U.S. federal law, Native communities have always used this plant as medicine, paper, clothing, and food. Hemp can also be used in housing and construction materials, textiles, and more. It’s a sustainable, carbon-negative plant that absorbs climate-changing carbon dioxide more effectively than trees. Producing and using this fibrous plant has become an important source of economic investment for Native communities, who face high unemployment rates and wealth inequality due to systemic racism. But there’s a new threat to Tribal sustainable, regenerative economies. In the U.S. House of Representatives, two must-pass pieces of legislation now include an amendment proposed by Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), which would effectively ban 95% of hemp products. This would destroy the hemp industry and harm the many Tribal Nations that utilize and produce hemp. Click “START WRITING” to send a message to your Senators and Representative, urging them to protect Tribal sovereignty and Tribes’ ability to produce hemp by removing the Mary Miller amendment from the 2024 Farm Bill & the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bill.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-tribes-use-of-hemp"
}