Readers Respond: Defunding Tribal Schools and Colleges Is Madness

Readers respond: Defunding tribal schools and colleges is madness

Defunding tribal schools and colleges? The Trump administration seems bent on destroying America for reasons still unclear, but they’ve finally crossed the line - my line. No, I don’t have Native American blood or heritage. I’m the daughter of a long line of Euro-American settlers, the ones who decided they wanted the land and took it over with generations of proclamations and bloodshed and lies.

Defy the Storm: American Indian College Fund’s New PSA Addresses Challenges Indigenous Students ...

Denver, Colo., July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A “storm” of activity is coming from Washington in the form of funding cuts and executive orders, upending the lives of Native American communities and students; jeopardizing access to the funding, education…

Trump funding cuts hinder Indigenous-led efforts to address pollution on tribal lands

Ira Vandever received an email from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in mid-May stating that his grant funds for addressing pollution on the Navajo Nation were rescinded. For years, Vandever independently grew hemp on an acre of land in the Four Corners region of New Mexico.  Hemp is known to be “magical” because of the plant’s capacity to pull chemicals from the soil as it grows, healing the ecosystem from toxic chemicals and lessening…