{"id":418977,"date":"2026-02-16T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=418977"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:42:27","slug":"native-america-calling-tribes-come-to-grips-with-1-5-billion-federal-funding-retraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/16\/native-america-calling-tribes-come-to-grips-with-1-5-billion-federal-funding-retraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribes come to grips with $1.5 billion federal funding retraction"},"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\">Monday, February 16, 2026<\/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\">Tribes come to grips with $1.5 billion federal funding retraction\r\n<\/div>\r\nWith help from Congress, the Donald Trump administration stripped some $1.5 billion in federal funds previously promised to tribes. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA lot of the funding was in the form of contracts for clean energy manufacturing and development &#8212; new money doled out three years earlier as part of President Joe Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act. And  a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/how-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-is-cutting-climate-investments-and-weakening-the-safety-net-for-native-americans\/\">new analysis by the Brookings Institution<\/a> identifies three funding and policy changes, including reductions in SNAP and Medicaid, that negatively affect Native Americans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe research firm says the actions continue a pattern of disinvestment and falls short of the federal government\u2019s binding responsibility to Indian Country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In future budget and spending bills, Congress should explore how to restore needed investments for Tribal communities and strengthen protections for Native American nutrition assistance and health care, argue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlencoraH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlencoraH<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robmaxim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@robmaxim<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wu9EeAdBN1\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wu9EeAdBN1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brookings Metro (@BrookingsMetro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrookingsMetro\/status\/2022330175120114071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nRobert Maxim (Mashpee Wampanoag), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/people\/robert-maxim\/\">fellow at the Brookings Institution<\/a>, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCh\u00e9ri Smith (Mi\u2019kmaq descendant), president and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalcleanenergy.org\/\">Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy<\/a>, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTimothy Nuvangyaoma (Hopi), vice president of tribal engagement for the <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalcleanenergy.org\/\">Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy<\/a> and former chairman of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Kyle Whyte (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), <a href=\"https:\/\/seas.umich.edu\/research\/faculty\/kyle-whyte\">professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability<\/a> at the University of Michigan\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/16\/native-america-calling-tribes-come-to-grips-with-1-5-billion-federal-funding-retraction\/eaglestaffflags\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-419191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"419191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/16\/native-america-calling-tribes-come-to-grips-with-1-5-billion-federal-funding-retraction\/eaglestaffflags\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/16\/EagleStaffFlags.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eagle Staff and Flags\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Eagle Staff and Flags&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eagle staff and flags on display at the National Congress of American Indians executive council winter session in Washington, D.C., from February 9-11, 2026. 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