b"Bigsnakes family was one of the few who continued to ranch.and today I haven't gotten a mug shot yet, he explained. I know He grew up farming and as an adult he worked for his Nationsthat it's growing and continues to expand. And I'm very proud of development arm SRDL Business Group. Through his work for thethat. We continue to export that from the cattle industry as well.Nation, he developed agricultural business opportunities for themOn Enoch, Morin has had young people in the community such as starting mint production on their irrigated land.approach him stating they want to farm. While Morin isnt working I had to bring people internationally from Italy. And they heardin agriculture himself, he does run a consultancy business and our situation. And we got a partnership with them to grow mint,has been helping to set up Indigenous business ventures. Morin Bigsnake said during the IFAJ Congress presentation.sees opportunities for agriculture businesses and those working in At first, he faced reluctance from his Nation to switch fromagriculture to partner with Indigenous communities. growing more traditional prairie crops such as wheat and barley,There's no shortage of opportunities, Morin says. I think the but eventually they signed on. From there Bigsnake said he receivedtrue challenge right now still is that capacity. I don't have a lot of pushback at the government level. He was sent a letter stating itagricultural engineers that are Indigenous we have so many young was illegal for them to sell commodities without going through anpeople that want to get involved in ag, but we don't know how.Indian Agent.He adds that they have a huge talent pool that want to become My neighbour members say Carlon, you gotta stop this. Iinvolved in food sovereignty in agriculture. say Why? It's our right to do this. Let's move forward, Ill take responsibility for this, I'll go to jail for you guys. That was in 1994, SPUDSMART.COMFall 202345"