{"id":140873,"date":"2025-05-06T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=140873"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:15:50","slug":"native-america-calling-native-public-medias-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/06\/native-america-calling-native-public-medias-uncertain-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native public media\u2019s uncertain future"},"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\">Tuesday, May 6, 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\"> Native public media\u2019s uncertain future<\/div>\r\n After decades of attempts by some political leaders to curtail or end federal funding for broadcasting, public media faces what PBS CEO Paula Kerger says is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/pbs-ceo-weighs-in-on-the-potential-impact-of-cutting-public-media-funding\">most serious threat in its history<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/02\/media\/trump-cpb-pbs-npr-funding-cut-hnk-intl\">President Donald Trump\u2019s order to end funding for NPR and PBS<\/a> potentially has profound implications for everything from the existence of some rural Alaska stations to Native-language programs on tribal stations (and the continuation of Native America Calling). \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in for another update on how the fight for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/single-post\/indigenous-broadcasters-talk-threats-to-federal-funding-with-native-america-calling\">public funding for Native American broadcasting<\/a> is playing out.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-nativepublicmedia-org\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/single-post\/indigenous-broadcasters-talk-threats-to-federal-funding-with-native-america-calling\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03\/44cf53_b4d73c7b4ddf42d18cc492875c631b0dmv2.png\" alt=\"Indigenous Broadcasters Talk Threats to Federal Funding with Native America Calling\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/single-post\/indigenous-broadcasters-talk-threats-to-federal-funding-with-native-america-calling\">\n\t\t\tIndigenous Broadcasters Talk Threats to Federal Funding with Native America Calling\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/single-post\/indigenous-broadcasters-talk-threats-to-federal-funding-with-native-america-calling\">\n\t\t\t<p>By Kyler EdsittyFlagstaff, AZ, February 20, 2025 \u2013 Native Public Media Chief Operating Officer, Brian Wadsworth, appeared on Native America Calling along with other Indigenous broadcasters to discuss President Donald Trump\u2019s Administration\u2019s plan to cut federal funding for public media. Part of this plan would be to eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).\u00a0The panel&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/e4d25a_7c6cfb2ddf7644b582883dca159bb63b%7Emv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_192%2Ch_192%2Clg_1%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/e4d25a_7c6cfb2ddf7644b582883dca159bb63b%7Emv2.jpg\" alt=\"nativepublicmedia\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tnativepublicmedia\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/staff\">Loris Taylor<\/a> (Hopi\/Acoma), President\/CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/\">Native Public Media<\/a>, a public broadcasting organization based in Arizona\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knba.org\/people\/jaclyn-sallee\">Jaclyn Sallee<\/a> (I\u00f1upiaq), President\/CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koahnic.org\">Koahnic Broadcast Corporation<\/a>, a nonprofit, Native-governed media center in Alaska\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; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public media &#8212; including tribal radio stations and Native programming &#8212; is under threat.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,18,1,14],"tags":[78,79,214,42,75,6388,1832,175,6387,243,133,6007,134],"class_list":["post-140873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-education","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-appropriations","tag-arizona","tag-donald-trump","tag-jaclyn-salle","tag-jaclyn-sallee","tag-languages","tag-loris-taylor","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-public-media","tag-radio","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-AE9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140873"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140882,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140873\/revisions\/140882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}