Statements and Press Releases

Education

• NIEA Statement on Funding Freeze: Protecting Federal Trust Responsibility and Ensuring Stability in Tribal Education Funding – February 3, 2025

Higher Education / TCUs

• Haskell Foundation Launches Emergency Fundraiser to Address Urgent Needs at Haskell Indian Nations University – February 26, 2025

• NIEA & AIHEC Call for Exemption from Workforce Reductions Impacting BIE Schools & Tribal Colleges – February 19, 2025

• Haskell Board of Regents Statement on Monitoring Issues, Federal Workforce Reductions – February 14, 2025

• NATHPO Calls for Consultation Amid National Energy “Emergency” – February 20, 2025

• NICWA: Tribal Organizations Urge Administration to Respect Tribal Sovereignty and Uphold Trust and Treaty Obligations Amid Executive Actions – February 3, 2025

• NAFOA Policy Alert: OMB Rescinds Memorandum Freezing Federal Funds – January 29, 2025

• NAFOA Policy Alert: OMB Directs Immediate Pause of Federal Financial Assistance Programs – January 28, 2025

• NCUIH: OMB Announces Temporary Pause on Federal Financial Assistance Programs: Implications for Urban Indian Organizations – January 28, 2025

• NCAIED: National Center Statement on the Federal Funding Pause – January 28, 2025

• NARF: Tribal Nations Disproportionately Affected by Federal Funding Freeze – January 28, 2025

• USET Sovereignty Protection Fund USET SPF Calls Upon Trump Administration to Exempt Indian Country-Serving Positions from Federal Workforce Reductions – February 14, 2025

• NICWA Submits Written Comments in Preparation for HHS Listening Sessions on Reorganization – June 27, 2025
• NCUIH Responds to HHS Advisory Opinion: Safeguarding Native Healthcare Amid Policy Shifts – February 26, 2025

• Urban Indian Health Institute: Tribal Epidemiology Center Calls for Full Restoration of CDC Data Amid Website Removals – February 4, 2025

• NIHB: Statement on the Implementation of Executive Orders and the Protection of Tribal Health Programs – January 30, 2025

• NCAI Stands with Tribal Nations on Threats to National Monuments and Sacred Tribal Lands – April 9, 2025

• NAFOA: Comments of Earthjustice, Native American Rights Fund, Orutsararmiut Native Council, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe on Establishment of Public Docket and Listening Sessions on Implementation Challenges Associated With Clean Water Act Section 401, 90 Fed. Reg. 29,828 (July 7, 2025)– August 6, 2025
• NCAI: NCAI Condemns President Trump’s Call to Reinstate Harmful Mascot Imagery – July 21, 2025

• NIHB: NIHB Responds to Trump’s Threat Over Washington Commanders Name: Native Mascots Are a Public Health Crisis, Not a Political Bargaining Chip – July 24, 2025