Tammy Graham

KSUT is an NPR member station in southwest Colorado.

Among the communities it serves are Native American tribes.

KSUT lost about 20 percent of its annual budget after Congress voted to kill federal funding for NPR and PBS.

But to help tribal stations, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has restored one year of funding.

Tammy Graham is executive director of KSUT.

Graham says the money provides a little breathing space for the station to begin to build a $6 million endowment to replace federal money.

Many other tribal stations face a grimmer future.

The vast majority rely on government money from anywhere from 40 percent to all of their budgets.

Frank Lankford, NPR News, Ignacio, Colorado.

KSUT is an NPR member station in southwest Colorado.

Among the communities it serves are Native American tribes.

KSUT lost about 20 percent of its annual budget after Congress voted to kill federal funding for NPR and PBS.

But to help tribal stations, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has restored one year of funding.

Tammy Graham is executive director of KSUT.

Graham says the money provides a little breathing space for the station to begin to build a $6 million endowment to replace federal money.

Many other tribal stations face a grimmer future.

The vast majority rely on government money from anywhere from 40 percent to all of their budgets.

Frank Lankford, NPR News, Ignacio, Colorado.