Choctaw ExtensionFRTEP - 1862 ChoctawThe MSU Extension Service's partnership with the Choctaw tribe since the inception of the FRTEP has been a story of success. As a result of this program, an average of 24 Extension activities have been conducted in Tribal communities each year. An average of nine monthly news articles discussing educational topics has been implemented. A weekly television broadcast discussing different and/or seasonal agriculture topics has aired more than 60 broadcast. |
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Choctaw Extension
The MSU Extension Service's partnership
with the Choctaw tribe since the inception of the FRTEP has been a
story of success. As a result of this program, an average of 24
Extension activities have been conducted in Tribal communities each
year. An average of nine monthly news articles discussing educational
topics has been implemented. A weekly television broadcast discussing
different and/or seasonal agriculture topics has aired more than 60
broadcast.
Jim McAdory
P.O. Box 6010,
MS Band of Choctaw Indians,
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development,
Choctaw, MS 39350
Agriculture - Where It Begins
The Choctaw tribe is located in central and southern Mississippi. The vast majority of tribal members live in rural areas where exposure to agriculture and many of the state’s natural resources are limited. A very high percentage of tribal families live and work in these rural communities. With these limiting factors the children do not get hands on or up close experience with livestock, forestry, endangered species, or agriculture in general. In respect to agriculture, surveys show that most children (not just Native American youth) believe that produce starts in the grocery store.
Agriculture
Choctaw tribal members have traditionally been an agriculture rich
society. Even to this day, the Choctaw tribe takes in more than 400
applications for the tribal garden program each year. Producing ones
own food is an activity that will surely be a part of Choctaw culture
for many years to come. With the help of the FRTEP, the tribe will not
suffer in gaining those technological advances that Mississippi State
University research produces each year.
Forestry
The Tribe owns approximately 40,000 acres of land, with a large portion
covered in mixed pine and hardwood stands of timber. As with any
commodity, the business of timber management is an ever-evolving
enterprise. With the implementation of the latest research information
in the form of Extension programs brought to the tribe, they are better
suited to make decisions that will affect the short and long term plans
of the tribal forest resources.
4-H Youth Development
The tribe operates its own 4H program with the assistance of the MSU
Extension Service Agent. The Choctaw Tribe recognizes that children are
the future. The Tribe wants to open the minds of children so that they
will be productive citizens on or off the reservation. The tribal 4H
program conducts an annual fishing rodeo, has an entomology club,
fashion club and a host of other activities you will find in most 4H
programs across the south. One of the strategies for the tribal program
is that of a hands-on approach using field trips to various places.
FRTEP 20 Years of Excellence.ppt
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) - 20 Years of Excellence!
The powerpoint presentation from the 2010 FRTEP Day at the 2010 IAC-INCA Conference in Las Vegas, NV, December 6, 2010 that hilghlights the work being done at our FRTEP offices across the country.
FRTEP 2010 - 20 Years of Excellence!
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) - 20 Years of Excellence!
The powerpoint presentation from the 2010 FRTEP Day at the 2010 IAC-INCA Conference in Las Vegas, NV, December 6, 2010 that hilghlights the work being done at our FRTEP offices across the country.
