{"id":169607,"date":"2025-07-21T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=169607"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:45:56","slug":"native-america-calling-tribes-confront-resource-intensive-drive-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/07\/21\/native-america-calling-tribes-confront-resource-intensive-drive-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribes confront resource-intensive drive of Artificial Intelligence"},"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, July 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\">Tribes confront the resource-intensive drive to power AI <\/div>\r\n From finding simple recipes to diagnosing complicated illnesses, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) is becoming an increasingly useful part of everyday life, but the space and resources it takes to power that technology is immense and that is hitting close to home for some tribes. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonawanda_Band_of_Seneca\">Tonawanda Seneca Nation<\/a> in New York just <a href=\"https:\/\/alliesoftsn.weebly.com\/article-78-litigation---july-1-2025.html\">filed a lawsuit against a proposed 900,000-square-foot AI data center<\/a> a mile away from their reservation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0sRvHF4aCZY7jK5cxyDturmE4oyfy2hGBKRFW4izrq5zvH4j8atumDUf2kZMRCADgl&#038;id=100093332543495\">Chief Kenith Dale Jonathan says<\/a> the center would harm air quality, water, and wildlife. [Press Release: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/tsn070125\/>Tonawanda Seneca Nation and Sierra Club File Litigation Challenging Environmental Review Process of Massive Data Center at STAMP<\/a>]\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTune in to  hear from the tribe and the potential for data center encroachment elsewhere. Also, take a look at how the Trump administration\u2019s push to use AI in medicine would benefit or harm Native Americans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fipostnews%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02ohgZFnwNo7v7kaGTBa1BctcKZjQ9LGHhskRqdHdg9spAvcNQtm4a4Yg8cCrv7M7kl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/AlliesofTSN\">Christine Abrams<\/a> (Tonawanda Seneca), office administrator for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Council of Chiefs\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100093332543495\">Grandell \u201cBird\u201d Logan<\/a> (Tonawanda Seneca), media spokesperson for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100093332543495\">Dr. Krystal Tsosie<\/a> (Din\u00e9), assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.und.edu\/directory\/dr.wilson\">Dr. David Wilson<\/a> (Din\u00e9), associate vice president for health research and professor and chair of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota\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\/07\/21\/wetlands.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The space and resources required for AI is immense &#8212; and it&#8217;s hitting close to home for some in Indian Country.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169616,"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":[10,11,19,13,1,14,22],"tags":[4805,42,6606,6609,75,6607,6610,6608,243,133,34,302,134,6611,153],"class_list":["post-169607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-environment","category-health","category-law","category-national","category-politics","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-arizona","tag-christine-abrams","tag-david-wilson","tag-donald-trump","tag-grandell-logan","tag-kenith-dale-jonathan","tag-krystal-tsosie","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-york","tag-north-dakota","tag-radio","tag-tonawanda","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/21\/wetlands.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-I7B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169607","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=169607"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169617,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169607\/revisions\/169617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}