For many Americans, a shutdown is a minor inconvenience. But for Native American tribes, it can cripple the most basic community functions. Among the programs curtailed: a food program that fed 90,000 last year. My first report of 2019, with @MitchKSmithhttps://nyti.ms/2GNmym8
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“Those stores will be depleted," he said of the tribe's distribution center. “When they’re going through a shutdown, they're thinking: 'I need five billion for a wall. I need dollars for this or that.' The bottom line is it always impacts the neediest people in the country.”
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Is there a link which could be posted so ppl can assist with food donations in the interim?
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