Legislative Priorities
Legislative Priorities

2024 Funding Cuts - Harmful Impacts to TCUs
In response to the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget cuts to Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) of up to 22 percent, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) surveyed the 35 accredited member TCUs to gauge the potential impact of these severe cuts. Every TCU reported that no area of their college will be exempt. Already operating on tight budgets, no TCU will be able to absorb these reductions without dealing a detrimental blow to their students, faculty, staff, and the communities they serve. After demonstrating incredible resiliency throughout the pandemic, it would be tragic for our colleges to face cuts jeopardizing their existence.
Appropriations Requests: FY 2025
- FY2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Requests
- FY2025 Commerce and Justice; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Requests
- FY2025 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Requests
- FY2025 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Requests
Farm Bill Reauthorization Priorities: 2023
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Priorities: 2023
118th Congress (2024) TCU Perspectives on our Priorities
Iḷisaġvik College (Barrow, AK)
Impact Sheet: Iḷisaġvik College
- Diné College (Tsaile, AZ) (Satellite location in Aneth, UT)
Impact Sheet: Diné College - Tohono O’odham Community College (Sells, AZ)
Impact Sheet: TOCC - San Carlos Apache College (San Carlos, AZ)
Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS)
Impact Sheet: Haskell Indian Nations College
Bay Mills Community College (Brimley, MI)
Impact Sheet: Bay Mills Community College
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (Baraga, MI)
Impact Sheet: Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Impact Sheet: Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
- Leech Lake Tribal College (Cass Lake, MN)
Impact Sheet: Leech Lake Tribal College - Red Lake Nation College (Red Lake, MN)
Impact Sheet: Red Lake Nation College - White Earth Tribal and Community College (Mahnomen, MN)
Impact Sheet: White Earth Tribal and Community College
- Aaniiih Nakoda College (Harlem, MT)
Impact Sheet: Aaniiih Nakoda College - Blackfeet Community College (Browning, MT)
Impact Sheet: Blackfeet Community College - Chief Dull Knife College (Lame Deer, MT)
Impact Sheet: Chief Dull Knife College - Fort Peck Community College (Poplar, MT)
Impact Sheet: Fort Peck Community College - Little Big Horn College (Crow Agency, MT)
Impact Sheet: Little Big Horn College - Salish Kootenai College (Pablo, MT)
Impact Sheet: Salish Kootenai College - Stone Child College (Box Elder, MT)
- Little Priest Tribal College (Winnebago, NE)
Impact Sheet: Little Priest Tribal College - Nebraska Indian Community College (Macy, NE)
Impact Sheet: Nebraska Indian Community College
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Albuquerque, NM)
Impact Sheet: Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute - Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, NM)
Impact Sheet: Institute of American Indian Arts - Navajo Technical University (Crownpoint, NM)
Impact Sheet: Navajo Technical University
- Cankdeska Cikana Community College (Fort Totten, ND)
Impact Sheet: Cankdeska Cikana Community College - Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (New Town, ND)
Impact Sheet: Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College - Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, ND)
Impact Sheet: Sitting Bull College - Turtle Mountain Community College (Belcourt, ND)
Impact Sheet: Turtle Mountain Community College - United Tribes Technical College (Bismark, ND)
Impact Sheet: United Tribes Technical College
- College of the Muscogee Nation (Okmulgee, OK)
Impact Sheet: College of the Muscogee Nation
- Oglala Lakota College (Kyle, SD)
Impact Sheet: Oglala Lakota College - Sinte Gleska University (Mission, SD)
Impact Sheet: Sinte Gleska University - Sisseton Wahpeton College (Agency Village, SD)
Impact Sheet: Sisseton Wahpeton College
- Oglala Lakota College (Kyle, SD)
Northwest Indian College (Bellingham, WA)
Impact Sheet: Northwest Indian College
- College of Menominee Nation (Keshena, WI)
Impact Sheet: College of Menominee Nation - Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University (Hayward, WI)
Impact Sheet: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University