{"id":122781,"date":"2025-02-28T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=122781"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:22:36","slug":"native-america-calling-the-trump-administration-endangered-fish-and-a-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/28\/native-america-calling-the-trump-administration-endangered-fish-and-a-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The Trump administration, endangered fish and a new book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, February 28, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> The Menu: Trump\u2019s executive orders on tribal ag, a new children\u2019s book, and conserving an endangered fish in North Carolina<\/div>\r\n Federal staff layoffs, spending freezes and other executive orders by the Donald Trump administration jeopardize food pathways for tribes and federal grants and loans for Native farmers.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is helping conservation of an endangered fish called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwildlife.org\/species\/sicklefin-redhorse\">Sicklefin Redhorse<\/a>. Known in the <a href=https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/partner\/eastern-band-cherokee-indians>Cherokee language as <strong>Ugiidatli<\/strong><\/a>, it has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/story\/fish-wears-feather\">long and traditional relationship with the tribe<\/a> in the southeast.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe first children\u2019s book by Squamish ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph teaches young about Indigenous plant knowledge and harvesting. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DkYzc4\"><em>This Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom<\/em><\/a> is an engaging lesson on the plants around us and the cultural stories that go along with them.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThat\u2019s all on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/category\/special-features\/the-menu\/\">The Menu<\/a>, Native America Calling&#8217;s regular special feature on Indigenous food, hosted and produced by Andi Murphy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/28\/native-america-calling-the-trump-administration-endangered-fish-and-a-new-book\/sicklefinredhorseugiidatli\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1061\" data-attachment-id=\"122799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/28\/native-america-calling-the-trump-administration-endangered-fish-and-a-new-book\/sicklefinredhorseugiidatli\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/28\/sicklefinredhorseugiidatli.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1061\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Sicklefin Redhorse &amp;#8211; Ugiidatli\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sicklefin Redhorse &amp;#8211; Ugiidatli&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Sicklefin Redhorse is an endangered species in North Carolina. The fish is known as Ugiidatli in the Cherokee language, meaning &amp;#8220;it is feathered&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;wears\/has a feather.&amp;#8221; Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/media\/sicklefin-redhorse&gt;Ryan Hagerty \/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/28\/sicklefinredhorseugiidatli.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/28\/sicklefinredhorseugiidatli.jpg\" alt=\"Sicklefin Redhorse - Ugiidatli\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122799\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The Sicklefin Redhorse is an endangered species in North Carolina. The fish is known as Ugiidatli in the Cherokee language, meaning &#8220;it is feathered&#8221; or &#8220;wears\/has a feather.&#8221; Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/media\/sicklefin-redhorse>Ryan Hagerty \/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uark.edu\/articles\/72866\/griffith-hotvedt-selected-to-lead-the-indigenous-food-and-agriculture-initiative\">Carly Griffith Hotvedt<\/a> (Cherokee Nation), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigenousfoodandag.com\/\">Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative<\/a> at the University of Arkansas School of Law\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighjoseph.com\/about\">Styawat \/ Leigh Joseph<\/a> (Skwxw\u00fa7mesh). ethnobotanist, knowledge keeper, professor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/geography\/about\/our-people\/profiles\/leigh-joseph.html\">Simon Fraser University<\/a> in British Columbia, Canada, and owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/skwalwen.com\/\">S\u1e35w\u00e1lwen Botanicals<\/a>, a business in British Columbia\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDr. Caleb Hickman (Cherokee Nation), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokeephoenix.org\/news\/cherokee-scientist-finds-perfect-role-with-ebci\/article_c629b3da-a4d3-51ba-966c-fc2121c18632.html\">supervisory fisheries and wildlife biologist<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokeephoenix.org\/news\/cherokee-scientist-finds-perfect-role-with-ebci\/article_c629b3da-a4d3-51ba-966c-fc2121c18632.html\">Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians<\/a> in North Carolina\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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