{"id":238455,"date":"2025-09-26T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=238455"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:04:49","slug":"native-america-calling-the-native-american-history-censorship-threat-at-national-parks-and-other-federal-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/09\/26\/native-america-calling-the-native-american-history-censorship-threat-at-national-parks-and-other-federal-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The Native American history censorship threat at National Parks and other federal institutions"},"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\">Friday, September 26, 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 Native American history censorship threat at National Parks and other federal institutions\r\n<\/div>\r\nAmong the informational signs flagged for review under the Donald Trump administration\u2019s purge of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history\/\">improper ideology<\/a>\u201d at the National Park Service is language from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/sitk\/\">Sitka National Historic Park<\/a> in Alaska.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe display at the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/sitk\/learn\/historyculture\/russian-bishops-house.htm\">Russian Bishop\u2019s House<\/a> in the monument explains how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauindependent.com\/post\/sitka-display-about-missionaries-destroying-native-culture-flagged-by-trump-s-improper-ideology-re\">religious missionaries worked to destroy Indigenous cultures and languages<\/a> in Alaska. Over in Florida, a   panel at the   Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is being questioned for including text about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrn.org\/environment\/2025-08-20\/national-parks-censorship-history-trump-executive-order\">forced assimilation of imprisoned Native Americans<\/a>. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThey are part of the ongoing review of parks, museums, and other institutions for information deemed disparaging to Americans. The review has prompted considerable concern over who is making decisions about how historical events are portrayed and whether Native historians have any input.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/09\/26\/native-america-calling-the-native-american-history-censorship-threat-at-national-parks-and-other-federal-institutions\/russianbishopshouse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-238597\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"238597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/09\/26\/native-america-calling-the-native-american-history-censorship-threat-at-national-parks-and-other-federal-institutions\/russianbishopshouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26\/russianbishopshouse.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=\"Russian Bishop\u2019s House\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Russian Bishop\u2019s House&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Russian Bishop\u2019s House at the Sitka National Historic Park in Sitka, Alaska. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/npsparkclp\/21656748459\/&gt;National Park Service&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26\/russianbishopshouse.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26\/russianbishopshouse.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26\/russianbishopshouse.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Bishop\u2019s House\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-238597\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Russian Bishop\u2019s House at the Sitka National Historic Park in Sitka, Alaska. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/npsparkclp\/21656748459\/>National Park Service<\/a><\/figcaption>\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\/michaela-pavlat-a1b776110\">Michaela Pavlat<\/a> (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), Indigenous partnerships program manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npca.org\/\">National Parks Conservation Association<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julie_Reed\">Julie Reed<\/a> (Cherokee), historian and professor at University of Tulsa in Oklahoma\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/morning-star-gali\/\">Morning Star Gali<\/a> (Pit River Tribe), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigenousjustice.org\/\">Indigenous Justice<\/a> and the California tribal and community liaison for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitc.org\/\">International Indian Treaty Council<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ksmit102\/\">Kimberly Smith<\/a> (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), community conservation specialist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilderness.org\/\">The Wilderness Society<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Donald Trump administration is questioning how Native history is being presented by the National Park Service.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238597,"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":[18,1,14],"tags":[78,79,38,75,255,176,4077,6790,6791,175,243,6792,6426,133,545,127,134,278],"class_list":["post-238455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-california","tag-donald-trump","tag-florida","tag-genocide","tag-iitc","tag-julie-reed","tag-kimberly-smith","tag-languages","tag-media","tag-michaela-pavlat","tag-morning-star-gali","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nps","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-religion","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26\/russianbishopshouse.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1023","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238455","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=238455"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238598,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238455\/revisions\/238598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}