At the 2025 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Legislative Summit, tribal college leaders voiced their determination in response to recent federal policy shifts under President Trump. The rescinding of the White House Initiative for Advancing Educational Equity for Native Americans, along with a freeze on federal funding, has placed pressure on over $1 billion of resources critical for tribal nations. With representation from 35 of the 37 tribal colleges, the summit highlighted the community's resilience and readiness to confront these challenges head-on, amidst fears over deteriorating civil rights protections.
The anger, resilience and ready-to-fight energy radiated from tribal college and university presidents and students as they packed into the conference room.
In just the first three weeks of his new administration, President Donald Trump had already signed an executive order on his first day in office that rescinded the White House Initiative.
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