November 17, 2020
Ark.-based trust serves Native farming, ranching communities
Author: CHAD HUNTER
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A private charitable trust created in 2018 to manage more than $260 million from a landmark class-action lawsuit is tasked with distributing the funds throughout Indian Country.
The Fayetteville-based Native American Agriculture Fund, also known as NAAF, provides grants and services that support and promote Native Americans’ continued engagement in agriculture.
“We are really, really unique,” NAAF Communications Director Maria Givens said. “We’re kind of the first of our kin