Wisconsin tribal colleges at risk under Trump plan to cut funding by nearly 90%

Wisconsin’s two tribal colleges could face existential cuts under a Trump administration proposal to reduce funding by nearly 90%.

The colleges are located in rural areas of northern Wisconsin and together enroll about 600 students, many of whom would not attend a traditional institution in the colleges’ absence for financial, logistical and cultural reasons. The College of Menominee Nation is about 45 miles northwest of Green Bay. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University is 100 miles north of Eau Claire.