{"id":243978,"date":"2025-10-02T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=243978"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:49:49","slug":"native-america-calling-bracing-for-the-federal-government-shutdown-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/02\/native-america-calling-bracing-for-the-federal-government-shutdown-grind\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Bracing for the federal government shutdown grind"},"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\">Thursday, October 2, 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\">Bracing for the federal government shutdown grind\r\n<\/div>\r\nPayments to tribes for federal contracts, Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement, food distribution to schools, and health care access could all be affected by the federal government shutdown. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe shutdown also has a significant effect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/fed-figures\/a-profile-of-the-2023-federal-workforce\/\">30,000 Native American federal employees<\/a> and members of the military who may not be furloughed, but will not receive paychecks until the shutdown is over. This is the second government shutdown in the past decade; the previous one was the longest on record. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to get the Native perspective on what\u2019s potentially in store as the shutdown progresses.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/02\/native-america-calling-bracing-for-the-federal-government-shutdown-grind\/departmentoftheinterior-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-243982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"243982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/02\/native-america-calling-bracing-for-the-federal-government-shutdown-grind\/departmentoftheinterior-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02\/DepartmentoftheInterior-5.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=\"Department of the Interior\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Department of the Interior&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Department of the Interior houses the central offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. 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\/2025\/10\/02\/DepartmentoftheInterior-5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02\/DepartmentoftheInterior-5.jpg\" alt=\"Department of the Interior\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-243982\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Department of the Interior houses the central offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. 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\nAaron Payment (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), tribal councilman and former chairperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saulttribe.com\/\">Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians<\/a> in Michigan\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA.C. Locklear (Lumbee), CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihb.org\/\">National Indian Health Board<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMike Stopp (Cherokee and Muscogee), president and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/sevenstarbusiness.com\/\">SevenStar Holdings, LLC<\/a>, a business and management consulting firm in Oklahoma\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSue Parton (Kiowa), President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fiseheadquarters.org\/\">Federation of Indian Service Employees<\/a>, a union representing Indian employees of the federal government\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":"Payments to tribes, law enforcement in tribal communities and health care for tribal citizens are all impacted by the shutdown of the federal government.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243982,"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":[18,19,20,13,1,14],"tags":[590,5274,117,71,121,896,40,511,243,523,5103,25,133,368,134,193,189,224,591,120,1994],"class_list":["post-243978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-aaron-payment","tag-ac-locklear","tag-bia","tag-economic-development","tag-employment","tag-fdpir","tag-food","tag-law-enforcement","tag-media","tag-michigan","tag-mike-stopp","tag-military","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nihb","tag-radio","tag-self-determination","tag-self-governance","tag-shutdown","tag-soo-tribe","tag-sue-parton","tag-unions","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02\/DepartmentoftheInterior-5.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-11t8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243978","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=243978"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243983,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243978\/revisions\/243983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}