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Native America Calling: Trump job cuts hit Native education and sacred sites
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Trump job cuts hit Native American education, sacred sites
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas lost nearly a quarter of its staff in the Donald Trump Administration’s mass terminations.
It’s one of two higher education institutions that rely on federal funds through the Bureau of Indian Education that are scrambling after the sudden and unprecedented job cuts. The reduction of more than a thousand National Park Service employees prompted worries over certain sacred and important Native treasures protected by federal workers.
Join Native America Calling to check on how the fast-paced federal job restructurings are affecting issues Native people are following.
A bronze sculpture by Craig Dan Goseyun depicts an Apache hoop and pole game player. Photo: Franklin B. Thompson
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