{"id":145095,"date":"2025-05-21T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=145095"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:45:03","slug":"native-america-calling-building-native-foster-care-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/21\/native-america-calling-building-native-foster-care-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Building Native foster care strength"},"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\">Wednesday, May 21, 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\"> Building Native foster care strength<\/div>\r\nOne out of every ten children in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pryorinfopub.com\/news\/cherokee-nation-declares-may-as-foster-care-awareness-month-in-the-reservation\/article_70441fdc-17cb-4933-87d3-2e6beffaf8ac.html\">Oklahoma\u2019s foster care system are Cherokee citizens<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCherokee leadership\u2019s message for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/fostercaremonth\/\">National Foster Care Awareness Month<\/a> is that Native foster parents are vital to finding solutions that work best for Native children. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\">Cherokee Nation<\/a> is among the many tribes working to build a strong system of <a href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-declares-may-as-foster-care-awareness-month-in-the-reservation\">support for foster children and foster parents<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe effort comes as many Native child advocates warn of a potential increase in need as federal social service programs are disappearing.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheCherokeeNation%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02AJQcN9pob4RvLonnbw8rZJs9BUno7EeyeYkFZXR9c19yMSnw4knS1U4HEQGJR4nxl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"822\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<P><\/P><div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nStephanie Benally (Navajo), <a href=\"https:\/\/utahfostercare.org\/tribes\/\">Native American specialist for Utah Foster Care<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nSally Wilson (Cherokee Nation), <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/photos\/the-cherokee-nation-has-named-sally-wilson-as-senior-director-of-the-tribes-indi\/1052839233542344\/\">senior director for Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nGaynell Realbird (Shoshone Bannock and Blackfeet), board member for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainshadowassociation.org\/\">Mountain Shadow Association<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDavid Simmons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicwa.org\/staff\/david-simmons\/\">director of government affairs and advocacy<\/a> for the National Indian Child Welfare Association\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>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21\/cherokeenation-4.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cherokee Nation is among the many tribes working to build a strong system of support for foster children and foster parents.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[77,614,6428,243,133,613,127,134,6262,6427,508,102],"class_list":["post-145095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","tag-cherokee","tag-david-simmons","tag-gaynell-realbird","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nicwa","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-sally-wilson","tag-stephanie-benally","tag-utah","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21\/cherokeenation-4.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-BKf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145095","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=145095"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145173,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145095\/revisions\/145173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}