After Congress approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of funds distributed through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, tribal stations are frantically searching for money to keep from going dark. Tribes are stepping up in some cases, audiences are responding with increased donations, and the stations are scaling back their operations. In the meantime, higher education officials are worried about a Trump budget plan to cut federal funding to tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%. Representatives from some of those institutions say they will have to significantly scale back their operations. Others say they will have to close outright. We’ll get more detail on both of these major funding changes.
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Stephen Wall (citizen of the White Earth Nation and a descendent of Cattaraugus Seneca Community), interim president for the Institute of American Indian Arts
Sean Chandler (Aaniinen [Gros Ventre Nation]), president of Aaniiih Nakoda College
Aziza Smith (Eastern Shoshone), senior at Haskell Indian Nations University
Marina Decora (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), sophomore at Haskell Indian Nations University
Lenora Ward (Iñupiaq), general manager of KOTZ and Kotzebue Broadcasting
Karl Habeck (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), general manager of WOJB
Break 1 Music: Navajo Radio (song) Arigon Starr (artist) Meet the Diva (album)
Break 2 Music: Steamboat Akalii Song (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Horses Are Our Journey World (album)
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