American Indian

The Institute of American Indian Arts is facing the loss of all its federal funding – about $13 million – as outlined in President Trump’s budget proposal. A student and an alumn talked with KUNM about what that could mean.

On June 2nd, President Trump released his budget proposal for the next fiscal year that removes funding for tribal colleges, which includes the Institute of American Indian Arts.

In response to President Trump’s inauguration, people came together on Monday in downtown Albuquerque to call for protection of workers’ rights, immigrants, and more housing.

A recent study for breast cancer research found significant racial disparities between American Indian and Alaska Native women compared to white women when it comes to standard of care and treatment options. KUNM’s Taylor Velazquez spoke with Felina Cordova-Marks, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health and co-author of the study.