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Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding
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. In others, 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 percent. Representatives from some of those institutions say they will have to significantly scale back their operations. Others say they will have to close outright.
Tune into Native America Calling to get more detail on major funding changes impacting Indian Country.
Guests on Native America Calling
Stephen Wall (citizen of the White Earth Nation and a descendent of Cattaraugus Seneca Community), interim president for the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico
Sean Chandler (enrolled member of the Aaniinen [Gros Ventre Nation]), president of Aaniiih Nakoda College in Montana
Aziza Smith (Eastern Shoshone), senior at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas
Marina DeCora (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), sophomore at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas
Lenora Ward (Iñupiaq), general manager of KOTZ and Kotzebue Broadcasting in Alaska
Karl Habeck (Lac Courte Oreilles), general manager of WOJB in Wisconsin
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