USAJusticeWatch<p>DOGE cuts hit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianCountry</span></a>. “…after ND governor Doug Burgum was sworn in as…Secretary of Interior, a memo was circulated to the tribes that recognized their sovereignty as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NativeNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeNations</span></a> & stated that cuts related to ..[DEI] would not apply, but on February 14 nearly 1/4 of the staff at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HaskellIndianNationsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaskellIndianNationsUniversity</span></a> in Lawrence, Kan. & Southwestern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianPolytechnicInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianPolytechnicInstitute</span></a> in Albuquerque, N. Mex. were terminated through…[DOGE]. | Lakota Times <a href="https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/doge-cuts-hit-indian-country/#:~:text=Tribes%20across%20the%20country%20expressed,and%20Office%20of%20Indian%20Education" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lakotatimes.com/articles/doge-</span><span class="invisible">cuts-hit-indian-country/#:~:text=Tribes%20across%20the%20country%20expressed,and%20Office%20of%20Indian%20Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a></p>