{"id":151513,"date":"2025-06-12T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=151513"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:41:57","slug":"native-america-calling-cities-take-aim-at-homeless-encampments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/12\/native-america-calling-cities-take-aim-at-homeless-encampments\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Cities take aim at homeless encampments"},"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\">Thursday, June 12, 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\">Cities take aim at homeless encampments <\/div>\r\n The city of Anchorage, Alaska, plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muni.org\/departments\/mayor\/pressreleases\/Pages\/Mayor-LaFrance-announces-date-for-abatement-of-Davis-Park-encampment.aspx\">clear a large encampment of homeless people<\/a> at a park in mid-June following years of complaints and public safety problems. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe park has seen two fatal shootings and a large fire in recent months. The city\u2019s move is one of dozens of encampment \u201cabatements\u201d around the country following a <a href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/blog\/the-supreme-court-rules-on-homelessness-what-it-all-means\/\">U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows such law enforcement actions<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSome cities have multi-pronged strategies to help homeless residents further displaced when officials clear encampments. Tune into Native America Calling to explore where solutions may lie in the balance between compassion and public safety.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid04okCzaKRYd5qf71Be2SmkweySAzzsT8wPjKXMmbf2rkX5JhD2zgDdVoiTb7WnWJfl%26id%3D61561969847742&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"860\" 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>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n Jim LaBelle (I\u00f1upiaq), member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anchoragenativecommunity\/\">Anchorage Native Community Council<\/a> in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJames Lovell (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), chief community development officer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefseattleclub.org\/\">Chief Seattle Club<\/a> in Seattle, Washington\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRene\u2019 Williams (Colville), director of strategic initiatives for the <a href=\"https:\/\/canativevote.org\/\">California Native Vote Project<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nReva Stewart  (Din\u00e9), owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/shushdine.com\">Shush Din\u00e9 Native Shop<\/a>, founder of Stolen People, Stolen Benefits, and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtleislandww.com\/\">Turtle Island Women Warriors<\/a>\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\/06\/12\/anchoragealaska.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Native people experiencing homelessness are impacted by ongoing efforts to shut down encampments in urban areas.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151548,"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":[13,1],"tags":[78,79,42,38,263,696,6510,5571,511,243,133,134,6511,4135,84,6,314],"class_list":["post-151513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-arizona","tag-california","tag-homelessness","tag-housing","tag-james-lovelle","tag-jim-labelle","tag-law-enforcement","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-rene-williams","tag-reva-stewart","tag-supreme-court","tag-urban-indians","tag-washington","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-DpL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12\/anchoragealaska.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151513","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=151513"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151549,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151513\/revisions\/151549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}