{"id":121924,"date":"2025-02-25T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=121924"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:08:42","slug":"native-america-calling-trump-job-cuts-hit-native-education-and-sacred-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/25\/native-america-calling-trump-job-cuts-hit-native-education-and-sacred-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Trump job cuts hit Native education and sacred sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, February 25, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Trump job cuts hit Native American education, sacred sites<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/haskell.edu\/\">Haskell Indian Nations University<\/a> in Kansas lost nearly a quarter of its staff in the Donald Trump Administration\u2019s mass terminations. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIt\u2019s one of two higher education institutions that rely on federal funds through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bie.edu\/\">Bureau of Indian Education<\/a> that are scrambling after the sudden and unprecedented job cuts. The reduction of more than a thousand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/\">National Park Service<\/a> employees prompted worries over certain sacred and important Native treasures protected by federal workers. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to check on how the fast-paced federal job restructurings are affecting issues Native people are following.\r\n <P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/25\/native-america-calling-trump-job-cuts-hit-native-education-and-sacred-sites\/haskellindiannationsuniversity-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"121928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/25\/native-america-calling-trump-job-cuts-hit-native-education-and-sacred-sites\/haskellindiannationsuniversity-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/25\/haskellindiannationsuniversity.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Haskell Indian Nations University\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Haskell Indian Nations University&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A bronze sculpture by Craig Dan Goseyun depicts an Apache hoop and pole game player. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kansasexplorer3128\/265642247\/&gt;Franklin B. Thompson&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/25\/haskellindiannationsuniversity.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/25\/haskellindiannationsuniversity.jpeg\" alt=\"Haskell Indian Nations University\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121928\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A bronze sculpture by Craig Dan Goseyun depicts an Apache hoop and pole game player. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kansasexplorer3128\/265642247\/>Franklin B. Thompson<\/a><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aclocklear\">A.C. Locklear<\/a> (Lumbee), interim CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/\">National Indian Health Board<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chassams\/\">Chuck Sams<\/a> (Cayuse and Walla Walla), former  director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/\">National Park Service<\/a>, an agency within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/\">Department of the Interior<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pearl-yellowman-37b65840\/\">Pearl Yellowman<\/a> (Din\u00e9), former vice president of college operations at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipi.edu\/\">Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute<\/a> in New Mexico\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paige-willett-045aa458\/\">Paige Willett<\/a> (Citizen Potawatomi), former communications specialist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bie.edu\/\">Bureau of Indian Education<\/a>, an agency within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/\">Department of the Interior<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAngel Ahtone Elizarraras (Wichita), president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HINUSGA\/\">Student Government Association<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/haskell.edu\/\">Haskell Indian Nations University<\/a> in Kansas\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption><img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/25\/haskellindiannationsuniversity.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haskell Indian Nations University lost nearly a quarter of its staff in President Donald Trump mass terminations.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,20,1,14],"tags":[5274,6059,117,52,1917,118,75,121,1236,835,243,133,167,368,545,6058,6057,134,43,3180,165],"class_list":["post-121924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-ac-locklear","tag-angel-ahtone-elizarraras","tag-bia","tag-bie","tag-chuck-sams","tag-doi","tag-donald-trump","tag-employment","tag-haskell","tag-kansas","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-nihb","tag-nps","tag-paige-willett","tag-pearl-yellowman","tag-radio","tag-sacred-sites","tag-sipi","tag-tribal-colleges","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-vIw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/25\/haskellindiannationsuniversity.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121924"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121971,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121924\/revisions\/121971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}