Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts

Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts

Inside a 90-square-mile stretch of rural reservation between the eastern Jemez Mountains and the banks of the Rio Grande River sits the Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library, an anchor for the northern New Mexico tribe it serves.

Loss of IMLS funding squeezes Chilkat Valley libraries and museums - Chilkat Valley News

(Courtesy/Jamie Katzeek) Chilkat Valley museums and libraries are feeling the squeeze after a mid-March executive order from President Donald Trump dismantled several agencies including the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The institute is the primary source of federal funding for public libraries. According to IMLS grant data, since 1998 Chilkat Valley community institutions, including the Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center, the Chilkoot…