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Tribes and Native American students sue over Bureau of Indian Education firings

Firings at two colleges have left students and staff with unsafe conditions, canceled classes, and delayed financial aid, according to the lawsuit Friday.

Inside Higher Ed · 6h

Native Students Are Undercounted in Higher Education, but ED Could Help

A new report urges the Department of Education to implement standards that improve data collection for American Indian and Alaska Native students. The Trump administration may derail this work.

Reason on MSN · 3d

What If Native American Tribes Had Gotten Their Own State?

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.

The 74 on MSN · 19h

Tribes, Native Students Sue Feds over Education Cuts

A coalition of tribal nations and students is suing the federal government over major cuts to a pair of colleges and a federal agency serving Native American students. The staffing cuts, part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reduce the federal workforce,

Inside Higher Ed · 1d

Tribes and Native Students Sue Trump Administration Over Staff Cuts

Several tribes and a handful of Native American students sued the Trump administration after major staff reductions at the Bureau of Indian Education and the two higher ed institutions under its auspices,

Colleges cancel Native convocations to comply with Trump order, disappointing students

Mesa Community College students were disappointed that a presidential order to dismantle DEI programs ended Native ...

The College Fix9h

Keeping Native American artifacts for research causes ‘harm,’ ‘trauma’: California State U. draft policy

Additionally, California Assembly Bill 389, which passed in 2023, requires public universities to enact system-wide policies ...

LA Times on MSN11d

UC Native Americans demand action against scholars claiming Indigenous roots without proof

Native Americans throughout the University of California system are calling out scholars who claim Indigenous heritage ...

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Native American activist Leonard Peltier, freed from prison, is welcomed on North Dakota reservation

Peltier, 80, grew emotional as he addressed about 500 people who gathered at a festive event to welcome him home to North ...

The Washington Post3d

Across Indian Country, mass firings at colleges open up age-old wounds

LAWRENCE, Kan. — When the oldest federally funded university for Native Americans lost nearly a quarter of its staff to the Trump administration’s sweeping budget cuts, supporters organized ...

Native News Online7d

NAU’s American Indian Nursing Program Expands With Direct Relief Grant to Tackle Critical Shortages in Native Communities

A Northern Arizona University program aimed at critical nursing shortages in Native American communities is expanding after ...

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