Tribes bash proposed Trump budget cuts to Native Americans

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Dozens of Native American tribes in six Western states are bashing President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts to American Indian programs.
Tribal leaders in Oregon, Washington state and Idaho speaking on behalf of the group said Thursday the proposed budget guts spending on Native American education, health care and environmental initiatives.
Mel Sheldon, a councilman from the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state, says it’s the “worst attack on Indi