Join American Indian College Fund President and CEO, Cheryl Crazy Bull, along with Gina Ann Garcia of UC Berkeley and Kayla Elliott of the Joint Center in this webinar to learn how MSIs and TCUs are organizing to protect and support their students.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Challenges Federal Staff Reductions at Haskell and SIPI
On Friday, March 7, 2025, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) announced three Tribal Nations (Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes) along with five Native students sued the United States Department of Interior and Office of Indian Affairs. The case, brought by NARF in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges the staff reductions at the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and the BIE-run tribal colleges which include Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI).