{"id":191948,"date":"2025-08-11T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=191948"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:14:31","slug":"native-america-calling-bureaucracy-funding-uncertainty-delay-solutions-for-clean-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/08\/11\/native-america-calling-bureaucracy-funding-uncertainty-delay-solutions-for-clean-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water"},"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, August 11, 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\">Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water <\/div>\r\n Hopes to fix the <a href=\"https:\/\/flatwaterfreepress.org\/after-5-years-without-drinkable-water-santee-sioux-nation-asks-when-will-our-tap-water-be-safe\/\">lack of clean drinking water<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/santeesiouxnation.com\/\">Santee Sioux Nation<\/a> in Nebraska faded as federal funding for a pipeline project is increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskapublicmedia.org\/es\/news\/news-articles\/federal-funding-for-santee-water-pipeline-dries-up-in-congressional-funding-bill\/\">tangled in government turmoil<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTribal citizens are forced to drink bottled water to avoid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.permitting.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/santee-sioux-nation-water-system-project-gains-fast-41-coverage\">high levels of manganese in well water<\/a>. They are just one tribe among many in Indian Country having difficulty solving problems accessing the most basic resource.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heather-tanana-8746b258\">Heather Tanana<\/a> (Din\u00e9), initiative lead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalcleanwater.org\/\">Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communities<\/a> and law professor at the University of Denver in Colorado\r\n<P><\/P> \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nicole-horseherder-82bb2313b\/\">Nicole Horseherder<\/a> (Navajo), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/tonizhoniani.org\/\">T\u00f3 Nizh\u00f3n\u00ed \u00c1n\u00ed<\/a>, a grassroots organization on the Navajo Nation\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\/2023\/11\/21\/SanteeSiouxNation.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Water is life. 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