{"id":156901,"date":"2025-06-30T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=156901"},"modified":"2025-06-29T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:45:22","slug":"native-america-calling-dune-lankard-recognized-a-controversial-path-forward-for-chestnut-trees-and-bison-for-school-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/30\/native-america-calling-dune-lankard-recognized-a-controversial-path-forward-for-chestnut-trees-and-bison-for-school-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Dune Lankard recognized, a controversial path forward for chestnut trees, and bison for school lunches"},"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\">Monday, June 30, 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: Dune Lankard recognized, a controversial path forward for chestnut trees, and bison for school lunches <\/div>\r\nDune Lankard (Eyak Athabaskan), founder and president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeconservancy.org\/\">Native Conservancy<\/a>, has been working on land and habitat conservation since he witnessed the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. That, and his development of kelp as a sustainable source of food and economic development for Alaska Native residents, places him among the recipients of the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesbeard.org\/awards\/achievement-awards\/impact\">James Beard Impact Award<\/a>. [Press Release: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025impactawardwinnersjamesbearfoundation\/>The James Beard Foundation\u00ae Celebrates Inaugural Impact Award Honorees<\/a>]\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?attachment_id=156905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156905\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"156905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/30\/native-america-calling-dune-lankard-recognized-a-controversial-path-forward-for-chestnut-trees-and-bison-for-school-lunches\/dunelankard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/dunelankard.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1366,2048\" 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;Eliesa Johnson 2025&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=\"Dune Lankard\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dune Lankard&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dune Lankard receives the 2025 James Beard Impact Award in Chicago, Illinois, on June 14, 2025. Photo &amp;copy; Eliesa Johnson for James Beard Foundation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/dunelankard.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/dunelankard.jpeg\" alt=\"Dune Lankard\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156905\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Dune Lankard receives the 2025 James Beard Impact Award in Chicago, Illinois, on June 14, 2025. Photo &copy; Eliesa Johnson for James Beard Foundation<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTribes on the East Coast are weighing in on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/news\/program-update\/usda-seeks-public-input-draft-environmental-documents-deregulation-american\">plan to deregulate a genetically modified variety<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tacf.org\/history-american-chestnut\/\">American chestnut tree<\/a>, which was all but wiped out by blight. Some see the engineered variety as the way to bring back what was once an abundant wild food source. Others see the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/tacf.org\/darling-58\/\">effects on the natural ecology as too great a risk<\/a>. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Federal Register Notice<\/div><a href=https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/06\/06\/2025-10226\/state-university-of-new-york-college-of-environmental-science-and-forestry-availability-of-a-revised>State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Availability of a Revised Petition, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Blight-Tolerant Darling 54 American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Developed Using Genetic Engineering<\/a> (June 6, 2025)\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?attachment_id=156966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"156966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/30\/native-america-calling-dune-lankard-recognized-a-controversial-path-forward-for-chestnut-trees-and-bison-for-school-lunches\/americanchestnut\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/americanchestnut.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" 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;&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=\"American chestnut\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;American chestnut&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Experimental trials of American chestnut trees at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tower_Hill_Botanic_Garden_-_American_chestnuts.jpg&gt;Daderot&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/americanchestnut.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/americanchestnut.jpg\" alt=\"American chestnut\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-156966\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Experimental trials of American chestnut trees at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tower_Hill_Botanic_Garden_-_American_chestnuts.jpg>Daderot<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBuffalo are more than food. They are a connection to culture and a symbol of survival. That\u2019s why the Tanka Fund convened the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankafund.org\/our-stories\/tanka-fund-helps-lead-regional-movement-for-buffalo-in-schools\">Regional Buffalo to Schools Conference<\/a> with Native ranchers, cultural educators, and school administrators to break down hurdles for getting buffalo into school lunches.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTankaFund%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0Ztiycq4WDaZfXk9eUEMbcJoKFEn3xaLPs9RyKLGC4MPwY7FhHFh8rZiGboYRJkgCl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"0\" 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=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TankaFund\/posts\/pfbid0Ztiycq4WDaZfXk9eUEMbcJoKFEn3xaLPs9RyKLGC4MPwY7FhHFh8rZiGboYRJkgCl\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TankaFund\/posts\/1109538881197415\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>So much good happening at the first-ever Regional Buffalo to School Conference in Rapid City, SD!\u2063\r\n\u2063\r\nWe\u2019ve been&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TankaFund\">Tanka Fund<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TankaFund\/posts\/1109538881197415\">Tuesday, June 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\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\/29\/dunelankard.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recognition for an Alaska Native visionary, the future of a once plentiful Native food source and bison are on The Menu for the month.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156906,"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":[10,11,19,1],"tags":[78,79,379,6570,71,159,1332,40,243,138,133,134,5294,556,102],"class_list":["post-156901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-environment","category-health","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-bison","tag-dune-lankdard","tag-economic-development","tag-eis","tag-federal-register","tag-food","tag-media","tag-meetings","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-tanka-fund","tag-usda","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29\/dunelankard.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-EOF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156901","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=156901"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156974,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156901\/revisions\/156974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}