The woke fever that has gripped the country for a decade may be starting to break in some parts of academia and the corporate world, but the Biden administration keeps spreading the disease like it’s 2020.
One of its recent rules has given American Indian tribes effective veto power over academic research and the curation of artifacts. This is leading to museums closing halls and exhibits related to Native American history, lest they fall foul of the Interior Department’s new regulations giving final say over scholarships to the leaders of the nation’s some 574 federally recognized tribes. Museums and universities that receive federal funds — practically all — will be affected if they are in possession of Indian cultural items.