Kevin Abourezk

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Deputy Managing Editor at Indian Country Today (ICT)

Native journalist working for a Natve American news website, father of five, husband, musician and recovering mainstream journalist.

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Impact of drastic federal funding cuts on tribal colleges, universities would be ‘extremely dire’

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Abourezk |Amelia Schafer

Adam Strom, head coach for the Haskell Indian Nations University women's basketball team, coaches the team to a March 1, 2025, win against Washington Adventist University (Maryland) during the 2025 Continental Athletic Conference women's basketball championship. After he was laid off Feb. 14, 2025, as a result of mass federal layoffs by the Trump administration, Strom continued to coach without pay until he was rehired on March 6, 2025.
Impact of drastic federal funding cuts on tribal colleges, universities would be ‘extremely dire’

3 weeks ago | ictnews.org | Kevin Abourezk |Amelia Schafer

Kevin Abourezk and Amelia SchaferICTLAWRENCE, Kan. – The Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts by 90 percent for tribal colleges and universities surprised many this week, especially for a tribal university already impacted by federal layoffs since February. Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, has faced numerous challenges since President Donald J.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: A fight for forest health in the Congo

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Abourezk

Deusdedit RuhangariyoICTAround the World: Money meets morals in forest fight in Central Africa, First Nations experts spearhead media and language dialogue in Australia, Aeta community protest shuts down Mt. Pinatubo tourism, and Cree radio network launches puppet show teaching Cree language.
Haskell, SIPI employees reinstated but ‘doesn't change the fact of what happened’

2 months ago | ictnews.org | Jourdan Bennett-Begaye |Kalle Benallie |Kevin Abourezk

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Kalle Benallie and Kevin AbourezkICTWASHINGTON — All Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute and Haskell Indian Nations University employees who were part of the federal layoffs on Valentine’s Day have been offered their jobs back, ICT learned.
‘Betrayal of a sacred federal promise’

Mar 24, 2025 | cherokeephoenix.org | Kevin Abourezk |Kevin Abourezk ICT

A Democratic U.S. senator and a Native American education advocate said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for dismantling the U.S. Education Department could have disastrous impacts on Native students. Trump signed the order Thursday, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. He has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.
‘Betrayal of a sacred federal promise’

Mar 20, 2025 | ictnews.org | Kevin Abourezk

Kevin AbourezkICTA Democratic U.S. senator and a Native American education advocate said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for dismantling the U.S. Education Department could have disastrous impacts on Native students. Trump signed the order Thursday, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. He has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.
‘Betrayal of a sacred federal promise’

Mar 20, 2025 | yahoo.com | Kevin Abourezk

Kevin AbourezkICTA Democratic U.S. senator and a Native American education advocate said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for dismantling the U.S. Education Department could have disastrous impacts on Native students. Trump signed the order Thursday, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. He has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.
Haskell: Hope for some, silence for others

Mar 18, 2025 | yahoo.com | Kevin Abourezk

Kevin AbourezkICTLAWRENCE, Kansas – As snow fell outside her dorm room, De’Ara Dosela awoke, looked at her phone and learned her world had changed.
Haskell rehires faculty lost to federal layoffs

Mar 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Kevin Abourezk

Kevin AbourezkICTLAWRENCE, Kansas — Student government leaders at Haskell Indian Nations University — beset after losing nearly 25 percent of its faculty and staff as a result of federal layoffs last month — announced Thursday that faculty members who were terminated will be returning to their positions as adjunct instructors.
Haskell rehires faculty lost to federal layoffs

Mar 6, 2025 | ictnews.org | Kevin Abourezk

UPDATED: This story has been updated to include a statement from the American Indian Higher Education Consortium about the reinstatement of employees. Kevin AbourezkICTLAWRENCE, Kansas — Student government leaders at Haskell Indian Nations University — beset after losing nearly 25 percent of its faculty and staff as a result of federal layoffs last month — announced Thursday that faculty members who were terminated will be returning to their positions as adjunct instructors.

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