US EditionFor Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs
- President Donald Trump announced cuts impacting vital federal programs for tribes in Indian Country, which could threaten their health clinics, schools, and public services.
- Tribal leaders warned that these cuts could violate the federal government's legal obligations, which are based on treaty rights.
- Concerns arose about potential closures of Bureau of Indian Affairs offices, which threatens to violate the federal government's trust responsibilities to tribes.
- Federal funding freezes have led to concerns about medical, educational, and environmental programs crucial to tribal communities, according to several tribal leaders.
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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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