by openmedium | Jul 7, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Last week, Congress passed the Trump Administration’s budget bill via the reconciliation process – ushering in sweeping budget changes that will affect nearly every federal program serving Indian Country. While we are deeply concerned by the outcome, we are also...
by College Fund | Jun 4, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
The American Indian College Fund joins the National College Access Network in urging higher education allies to oppose massive cuts to the Pell Grant program and its support of our most vulnerable students. The “Big Beautiful Bill” eliminates Pell Grants for an...
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 College Fund | Mar 14, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
We Have Great News! Haskell Indian Nations University has announced it will rehire the faculty members who were recently laid off due to federal budget cuts. This is a huge victory for Native students – providing the security they need to finish out the semester – and...
by College Fund | Mar 7, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
The Trump Administration is considering drafting an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. However, the Department of Education was established by Congress, and it can only be dismantled by Congress. House Republicans reintroduced H.R. 899, a...
