Tribes are trying to remind the United States of its trust and treaty obligations amid an anti-DEI effort that has led to casualties in Indian Country.

“It was long overdue,” said Crystalyne Curley, Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council.

Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action, several states are rushing to rid their higher education institutions of recruitment and inclusion programs that benefit Native students.

Several prominent Native nonprofits and institutions have received a major boost from billionaire donor MacKenzie Scott.