by Joe Hill | Apr 25, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Most Americans don’t know that Native people weren’t granted U.S. citizenship until 1924. Even now, Native citizenship is made complex by questions of sovereignty, colonial borders, and centuries of policy failure. This makes Native communities particularly vulnerable...
by Joe Hill | Apr 10, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
What’s Happening: An executive order and a reintroduced bill, H.R. 899, aim to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) entirely. While the executive order resulted in massive employment cuts of nearly 50%, and funding redirects, the department can only be...
by Joe Hill | Feb 24, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
A treaty represents your rights, not your privilege: For most Americans, education is seen as a personal choice, an opportunity that students pursue through state and private institutions. But for Native nations, education is something more: it is a treaty right...
by Joe Hill | Feb 16, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
The U.S. Department of Education provides funding through Tribal College grants, Title I, Title 111, and Title VI programs -however, all of these funding streams are vulnerable to executive orders and budget cuts. Recent policy changes and changes within the...
by Joe Hill | Feb 16, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Immigration laws don’t always account for the unique legal status of Native peoples, especially those from tribal nations that cross international borders. Combine that with an increase in profiling and false immigration reports and arrests, and you find a whole lot...
