{"id":148716,"date":"2025-06-03T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=148716"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:35:25","slug":"native-america-calling-tribes-oppose-mining-projects-that-threaten-habitat-human-health-and-cultural-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/03\/native-america-calling-tribes-oppose-mining-projects-that-threaten-habitat-human-health-and-cultural-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribes oppose mining projects that threaten habitat, human health, and cultural sites"},"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, June 3, 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\"> Tribes oppose mining projects that threaten habitat, human health, and cultural sites<\/div>\r\nThree Alaska Native tribes filed a lawsuit to stop a controversial gold mining operation east of Nome.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n The tribes say a permit just granted by the U.S. Corps of Engineers will allow the destruction of salmon habitat and other important environmental elements in a pristine estuary. The mining process involves extracting ore from material dredged from river and ocean beds.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOn the other side of the state, residents of Wrangell are concerned about a gold mine just over the border in Canada. A new report finds heavy metals in groundwater on the Alaska side.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/03\/native-america-calling-tribes-oppose-mining-projects-that-threaten-habitat-human-health-and-cultural-sites\/redchrismine\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148718\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1135\" height=\"755\" data-attachment-id=\"148718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/03\/native-america-calling-tribes-oppose-mining-projects-that-threaten-habitat-human-health-and-cultural-sites\/redchrismine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/03\/redchrismine.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1135,755\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Garth Lenz \/ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Chris Mine\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Red Chris Mine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A tailings pond containing waste from the Red Chris Mine in British Columbia, Canada. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/desmog\/38440635032\/&gt;Garth Lenz \/ The Narwhal Canada&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/03\/redchrismine.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/03\/redchrismine.jpg\" alt=\"Red Chris Mine\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-148718\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A tailings pond containing waste from the Red Chris Mine in British Columbia, Canada. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/desmog\/38440635032\/>Garth Lenz \/ The Narwhal Canada<\/a><\/figcaption>\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":"Three tribes have filed a lawsuit to stop a controversial gold mining operation in Alaska as another battles a mine just over the border in Canada.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148718,"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":[15,11,13,1],"tags":[78,79,609,40,243,892,133,134,1852,750,153],"class_list":["post-148716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-environment","category-law","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-canada","tag-food","tag-media","tag-mining","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-salmon","tag-usace","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/03\/redchrismine.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-CGE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148716","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=148716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148720,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148716\/revisions\/148720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}