This shared space brings together resources, tools, and actions from our coalition, partners, and allies to amplify our unified voice and collective efforts across Indian Country.
If you have documents, resources, or other suggestions to enhance this site and make it more valuable, please contact info@coalitionfortribalsovereignty.org.
Coalition Member Organization Surveys
- NARF: Tracking Changes to Federal Programs for Tribal Nations and Tribal citizens and communities
- NIHB Story Gathering: Indian Country Impacts from Recent Executive Policies
- NIEA: Assessing the Impact: Federal Funding Freezes & Executive Orders on Native Education
- NICWA: Share How Federal Funding Delays Impact Native Children & Families
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: We are hearing reports that the federal funding freeze is impacting access to portals and services in Native communities. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is committed to tracking how any pause on federal funding is impacting Native communities. If your community is affected, please share your experiences and concerns by contacting us at oversight@indian.senate.gov. Below are some bullet points that may help guide your response.
- Name of Tribal Nation/Tribal program
- What grant(s)/loan(s)/funding Tribal Nation/program has and tried to access?
- How much funding was sought to draw down since 1/24/25?
- What was the issue experienced? Is the issue ongoing currently?
- What is the date of the Tribal Nation’s/program’s last successful funds drawdown?
- What were the impacts? Were services stopped, was staff sent home, etc.?
Request for Tribal Input on Proposed Federal Lease Terminations Impacting Indian Country
As you may be aware, the federal government is currently proposing the termination of multiple leases that directly affect Indian Country. These proposed actions have the potential to significantly disrupt the delivery of essential services to tribal communities, including education, healthcare, housing, and more.
In response, our policy team has compiled and analyzed a list of leases under consideration. We are reaching out to invite your input on how these terminations may specifically impact your Tribal Nation or tribal organization. Your feedback will help us ensure that the unique concerns and needs of tribal communities are meaningfully represented in our collective advocacy.
We are especially interested in hearing about:
- Any specific leases on the list that are tied to the provision of tribal services
- How these terminations may disrupt existing programs or service delivery
- Recommendations you may have for mitigating these impacts
Please send your comments or concerns to the following contacts:
- Michelle Bostic, NCAI: mbostic@ncai.org
- Matthew Vogel, NCAI: mvogel@ncai.org
- Julia Wakeford, NIEA: jwakeford@niea.org
We deeply appreciate your time and attention to this matter. Your insight is critical as we develop a unified response that reflects the priorities of Indian Country and protects the delivery of vital services to your communities.
Fact Sheets
- NIEA: Executive Order on Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities
- NACA: Native 8(a) Economic Impact
- NACA: Native 8(a) Background and History
- NIHB, USET, ANHB: Exempt Indian Health Service beneficiaries from Medicaid work requirements
- NIEA: Executive Order on Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
- NIEA: Executive Order on Ending Radical Indoctrination and Promoting Patriotic Education
Reports
- NCUIH Final Report: Urban Indian Health at Risk – Federal Funding Disruptions Threaten Critical Services – February 12, 2025
- NCUIH Preliminary Findings: Urban Indian Health at Risk – Federal Funding Disruptions Threaten Critical Services – February 3, 2025
Talking Points
- NIHB: Ensure Medicaid reform upholds full federal funding for Indian health care
- NIHB Talking Points on the federal funding freeze
- NIEA: Ensuring Tribal Sovereignty, Trust and Treaty Obligations to Native Education are Protected in the Implementation of Executive Orders and Other Executive Actions – January 2025
- NIEA: Ensuring the BIE is Protected in the Implementation of Executive Order 14191, Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families – January 2025
- NIEA: Ensuring Tribal Sovereignty and Bipartisan State Laws Are Respected in the Implementation of Executive Order 14190
Templates
Letter Templates
- NIEA: RE: Working together with the Trump/Vance Administration to Advance Educational Outcomes for Native Children and Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility
- NIEA: RE: Tribal Consultation and Protection of Native Curriculum Under Executive Order 14190
- NIEA: RE: Tribal Consultation and Funding Protections for Indian Education in Executive Order 14191
Resolution Templates
- NIEA: Advancing Educational Outcomes for Native Children and Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility to Protect Tribal Education Programs
- NIEA: Urging Formal Consultation and Protection of Funding for Tribally Controlled Schools
- NIEA: In Support of Tribal Consultation and Protection of Tribal History and Culture in K-12 Education
General Resources
- NIEA Toolkits
- NARF: FAQs: Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement—Know Your Rights – February 6, 2025
- Federal Programs for Tribal Nations
- When the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its memo (which has since been rescinded) directing federal agencies to review all federal financial aid, OMB identified a list of programs and a set of questions for agency staff to answer about those programs. The questions asked about how the programs align with the President’s executive orders. A group of lawyers with relevant expertise, identified programs on the OMB’s list that serve Tribal Nations or their Tribal citizens and communities and offered responses for many of the programs to the OMB’s questions in the linked spreadsheet. The spreadsheet also offers additional information about many of the programs, including their importance to making America stronger and safer. Exclusion of any program from this spreadsheet should not be taken as an indication that the program does not serve Tribal Nations or their citizens or communities.