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How Does the Department of Education Support Native Higher Education?

Feb 16, 2025

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 Department of Education have threatened scholarships, financial aid, and culturally relevant education programs, making it harder for Native students to access and afford college.

For many Native students, their reservation’s TCU is the only source of education for hundreds of miles. Ensuring that they stay open and able to provide quality programming is crucial to the health of our rural communities.

We need your voice, right now.

Eliminating the Department of Education would devastate public schools, hurt students with disabilities, strip away civil rights protections for millions of students, and eliminate crucial workforce development programs that boost our economy. Education is a fundamental right, not a privilege for the wealthy. Please, call your elected officials in Congress today and let them know why dismantling the Department of Education threatens the future for thousands of Native and non-native students.

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Indians and Citizenship – How Does It Work?

Indians and Citizenship – How Does It Work?

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...

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What Is an Executive Order? and How Do the EOs Enacted Impact Indian Country

What Is an Executive Order? and How Do the EOs Enacted Impact Indian Country

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. Unlike laws enacted by Congress, citizens and our elected represents lack the ability to override these orders except through extreme coordinated action, undermining a check on the power of the executive branch.

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What Is Lost If We Lose TCU’s

What Is Lost If We Lose TCU’s

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...

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Why TCU’s Matter to the People Who Need Them

Why TCU’s Matter to the People Who Need Them

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...

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