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...
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...
by Joe Hill | Feb 16, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Connecting the Dots: Executive Orders are powerful tools that allow presidents to enact policy changes without congressional approval. For Native communities, this means funding for education, healthcare, and infrastructure can shift and even disappear overnight....
by Joe Hill | Feb 16, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Recent actions by the new White House administration show that funding for community-based organizations, higher education institutions, and rural programs are at risk of severe funding cuts or even elimination. Any pause of a federal agency grant, loan, or other...
by Joe Hill | Feb 16, 2025 | Issues Impacting Indian Country
Connecting the Dots: Proposed changes to the educational system will affect everyone, but it can be difficult to see how it will impact Native students specifically. While many communities will lose schools, Native communities will lose so much more if TCUS are...
