Healthy Food, Healthy People--Tribal Laws and Policies that Support Access to Healthy, Indigenous Foods

1. Programs and policies work together to create and enforce change in an environment.

a) True
b) False

2. Protecting Indigenous food systems also means protecting the land, water, air and other beings, sharing knowledge and teachings across generations and relatives.

a) True
b) False

3. The Healthy Dinè Nation Act of 2014 enacted a 2% tax on a person’s unhealthy gross receipts, with the funding going into the Community Wellness Development Projects Fund.

a) True
b) False

4. The following is/are components that synergize to create policy change:

a) Policy
b) Systems
c) Environment
d) All of the above

5. An example of a policy supporting community gardens is adding a line item in the Tribal budget to fund the program.

a) True
b) False

6. The following is/are types of policies within a Tribe:

a) Treaties
b) Constitutions
c) Compacts
d) Customary Law
e) All of the Above

7. A Tribe can create a resolution, or formal statement of opinion or decision to take an action, on a topic supporting the health of the community. One example is the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan announcing a Breastfeeding Awareness Month Resolution in support of breastfeeding in their community.

a) True
b) False

8. The following is/are example(s) of healthy foods policies encouraging environmental change:

a) Tribal tax laws
b) Tribal fish processing code
c) Produce prescription program
d) Tribal breastfeeding/chestfeeding law
e) All of the above

9. One way to help encourage healthy eating habits for a community is to develop a tribal and local food sovereignty policy that supports the infrastructure of that change.

a) True
b) False