{"id":170860,"date":"2025-07-22T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=170860"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:09:49","slug":"native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-scramble-native-higher-ed-leaders-fight-to-keep-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/07\/22\/native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-scramble-native-higher-ed-leaders-fight-to-keep-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding"},"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, July 22, 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\"> Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding<\/div>\r\nAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/07\/18\/statement-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-on-elimination-of-federal-funding\/\">Congress approved President Donald Trump\u2019s clawback of funds<\/a> distributed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpb.org\">Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/a>, tribal stations are frantically searching for money to keep from going dark.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTribes are stepping up in some cases. In others, audiences are responding with increased donations, and the stations are scaling back their operations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the meantime, higher education officials are worried about a Trump budget plan to cut federal funding to tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90 percent. Representatives from some of those institutions say they will have to significantly scale back their operations. Others say they will have to close outright.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to get more detail on major funding changes impacting Indian Country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/14\/native-america-calling-iaias-museum-of-contemporary-native-arts-leaps-ahead\/iaiamocna-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"13855\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/14\/native-america-calling-iaias-museum-of-contemporary-native-arts-leaps-ahead\/iaiamocna-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12\/iaiamocna-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1625083425&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was the recipient of a $3 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. After shutting down during COVID-19, MoCNA reopened to the public on June 17, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12\/iaiamocna-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13855\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12\/iaiamocna-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nStephen Wall (citizen of the White Earth Nation and a descendent of Cattaraugus Seneca Community), interim president for the <a href=\"https:\/\/iaia.edu\/\">Institute of American Indian Arts<\/a> in New Mexico\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSean Chandler (enrolled member of the Aaniinen [Gros Ventre Nation]), president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancollege.edu\/\">Aaniiih Nakoda College<\/a> in Montana\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aziza-smith-610368277\">Aziza Smith<\/a> (Eastern Shoshone), senior at <a href=\"https:\/\/haskell.edu\/\">Haskell Indian Nations University<\/a> in Kansas\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMarina DeCora (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), sophomore at <a href=\"https:\/\/haskell.edu\/\">Haskell Indian Nations University<\/a> in Kansas\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLenora Ward (I\u00f1upiaq), general manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/kotz.org\/\">KOTZ and Kotzebue Broadcasting<\/a> in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKarl Habeck (Lac Courte Oreilles), general manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wojb.org\/\">WOJB<\/a> in Wisconsin\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":"Congress just approved a massive reduction in public broadcasting funds, leaving tribal radio stations scrambling. Tribal colleges are also on the chopping block.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13855,"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":[17,18,20,1,14],"tags":[5366,78,214,6443,170,6003,75,835,6619,6005,6618,243,249,133,167,134,85,6617,5159,165,408,102],"class_list":["post-170860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-education","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-alaska","tag-appropriations","tag-aziza-smith","tag-congress","tag-cpb","tag-donald-trump","tag-kansas","tag-karl-habeck","tag-lenora-ward","tag-marina-decora","tag-media","tag-montana","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-radio","tag-republicans","tag-sean-chandler","tag-stephen-wall","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-wisconsin","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12\/iaiamocna-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-IrO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170860","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=170860"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170928,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170860\/revisions\/170928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}