The Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education will host a Federal Funding Update convening on Thursday, October 30, at the DODE Auditorium in Window Rock from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. This meeting will bring national and local Native education leaders and advocates to discuss the impacts of the ongoing federal government shutdown and budget negotiations regarding education funding for tribally controlled schools, tribal colleges, public schools, and other federally funded programs, including the implications and the need to organize a plan of action.