US EditionFor Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs
- President Donald Trump's federal cuts are causing uncertainty in Native communities, affecting health clinics, schools, and public services, despite legal obligations to these services.
- Tribal leaders are concerned that cuts to funding could cripple important programs, as many rely on federal support.
- Cuts to the Bureau of Indian Affairs could disrupt vital services to tribal nations, prompting strong concerns from Native leaders and legal experts.
- Tribal leaders have urged Trump to reverse the cuts, citing legal obligations under treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.
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What if Native American tribes had gotten their own state?
The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State, by Donald L. Fixico, University of Oklahoma Press, 206 pages, $34.95 In McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), the Supreme Court rejected Oklahoma's attempt to prosecute crimes committed on a reservation by an Indian. Henceforth, the tribe, not the state, would have jurisdiction over Indian crimes on Indian lands. It was such a win for Indian sovereignty that the Muscogee have …
In the Northwest, some tribal grants frozen amid federal worker firings
The Trump administration continues to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but that is complicating some federal funding for tribes in the Northwest.Kylee Probert, a descendant of the Spokane Tribe, was working with national tribal grants until she was fired as the administration eliminates programs it opposes. She oversaw more than a dozen grants for tribal communities, some up to $1 million over five years, that are now frozen. “There…
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Tribal nations are concerned that Trump's cuts have the potential to violate trust responsibilities
Tribal leaders across the United States are scrambling to respond to a directive from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to close more than a quarter of Bureau of Indian Affairs offices, which provide vital services to Indigenous communities.
The Macomb Daily
For tribal communities, federal cuts decimate core programs
By Alex Brown, Stateline.org President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country, leaving tribes with deep uncertainty about their health clinics, schools, police agencies and wildfire crews. Related Articles National Politics | Veterans fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed, including some who voted for Trump National Politics | Trump’s…
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