Trump again proposes eliminating federal funding for tribal colleges and universities
Administration’s fiscal 2027 proposal would cut programs tied to treaty and trust responsibilities, including ending federal support for the Institute for American Indian Arts.
For the second year in a row, the Trump administration is proposing slashing federal funding for tribal colleges and universities.
President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal calls for a $1.5 trillion increase to defense spending and would carve billions of dollars out of programs that fulfill trust and treaty responsibilities to tribal nations, including entirely eliminating funding for the Institute for American Indian Arts, the country’s only federally funded college for contemporary Native American arts.