rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/protect-tribal-colleges-from-budget-cuts?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-protect-tribal-colleges-from-budget-cuts' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> National Campaign for Justice https://actionnetwork.org/groups/just-strategy https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg The Department of the Interior has proposed an 83% cut to Tribal college funding. If Congress signs off, over $100 million will vanish, destroying institutions that provide higher education and cultural lifelines to Native communities. From $127 million in 2024 to just $22 million in 2025, this proposal is a calculated decision to starve out Tribal colleges and universities that are already underfunded by $250 million each year. These colleges serve students in some of the most rural and historically neglected areas in the country. They provide affordable, culturally-rooted education, job training, and degrees that are vital to economic survival. Many of these schools operate with crumbling infrastructure, limited staff, and inadequate resources to support their students. And now Congress wants to make that worse. Some offer the only programs of their kind in the U.S., like the Institute of American Indian Arts. Cutting this funding will mean shutting down opportunities, closing doors, and sending a message that Native lives and futures don’t matter. It’s outrageous. It’s unacceptable. And it’s a direct violation of the federal government’s trust responsibilities to Native nations. Congress must not just reject these cuts, they must increase funding to meet the legal mandate of $40,000 per student. Anything less is a broken promise. Demand Congress reject the 83% cut and fully fund Tribal colleges NOW. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-tribal-colleges-from-budget-cuts