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On Wednesday, the Health, Education, and Human Services Committee convened a special session to review a report from the Navajo Nation Department of Justice concerning a recent memorandum from the U.S. Department of Education. This memorandum outlines the Department’s interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and it explains their effects on anti-discrimination policies.
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An executive order issued on February 14, 2025, terminated the employment of probationary employees—those with less than two years of service.
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The following is a statement from the Haskell Indian Nations University Faculty Senate, which comprises the faculty of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and TCU students need your voice in Washington. Both Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest and only federally chartered tribal colleges, are facing an immediate crisis due to the implementation of EO 14210 and the White House memo on hiring freezes.
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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) voted 12-11 along party lines on Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination for education secretary. Her nomination will be considered by the full U.S. Senate.
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Haskell Board of Regents Requests Federal Exemption to Protect Mission Critical University Workforce
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The Haskell Board of Regents has submitted a has submitted a formal waiver request to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), seeking an exemption under Executive Order 14210, Section 3(c), which allows for waivers for positions performing legally required functions.
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WASHINGTON — Power outages regularly disrupt school in Arizona’s White Mountain Apache Tribe, leading to spoiled food, limited access to technology and cold classrooms. School administrators sometimes heat buildings with kerosene. In some cases, they must close the school when carbon monoxide levels become too high.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Retired NASA Astronaut John Herrington (Chickasaw) who made history as the first Native American to fly in space, spent over an hour with Native American students at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) last Friday.
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Three weeks into the second Trump administration, the negative impact of the president’s efforts to gut the federal government’s workforce is being felt in Indian Country.
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