US EditionWhite House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universities
- President Trump has proposed ending federal funding, starting in October 2025, for the nation's sole federally funded institution dedicated to contemporary Native American arts located in New Mexico.
- This proposal follows broader budget cuts and a crackdown on diversity and inclusion programs while excluding trust obligations to tribal nations.
- The nearly 40-year-old congressionally chartered college has educated thousands of Native artists, including Joy Harjo, T.C. Cannon, and Tommy Orange.
- Robert Martin, IAIA president, said, "You can't wipe out 63 years of our history and what we've accomplished with one budget," reflecting concerns over the cuts.
- Advocates warn the funding loss threatens tribal higher education access and violates federal trust responsibilities to tribal nations.
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White House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universities
In President Donald Trump’s budget request, he’s proposing slashing funding for tribal colleges and universities, including eliminating support for the country’s only federally funded college for contemporary Native American arts. If the budget is approved by Congress, beginning in October, the more than $13 million in annual appropriations for the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, would be reduced to zero. It would be …
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