8/ Meredith McCoy, an educator of Native descent, notes federal law guarantees Native education, yet “the patterns of underfunding are so extreme that it’s hard not to see it as a systematic approach to underfunding Native people." Read the full story below ⬇️

Tribal College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools.

Decades ago, Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for Indigenous communities. But a quarter-billion-dollar annual shortfall has led to crimped budgets and crumbling buildings, ...