{"id":312989,"date":"2025-11-25T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=312989"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:47:04","slug":"native-america-calling-for-all-its-promise-ai-is-a-potential-threat-to-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/11\/25\/native-america-calling-for-all-its-promise-ai-is-a-potential-threat-to-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: For all its promise, AI is a potential threat to culture"},"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, November 25, 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\">For all its promise, AI is a potential threat to culture\r\n<\/div>\r\nOn the cusp of what could be a new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), some researchers are urging caution and the need for deliberate controls to keep the developing technology from robbing Indigenous people of their cultures and sovereignty. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA project with three universities provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/news-publications\/news\/2025\/november\/nyu-anthropologist-anderson-co-leads-process-to-codify-world-s-f.html\">framework of standards to prevent AI from stripping Native Americans and all other Indigenous peoples of their right<\/a> to control <a href=\"https:\/\/nni.arizona.edu\/news\/u-nyu-and-harvard-experts-lead-process-codify-worlds-first-global-standard-indigenous-peoples\">images, language, cultural knowledge, and other components of their identities they\u2019ve worked so hard to retain<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to hear about the potential benefits and threats of AI to Native people.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnativenationsinstitute%2Fposts%2Fpfbid031UKL1q5GgJeEMB9mFAqCnKWfdPXwabC5qLtC5Wp4jgfP3DXU7s6hg4afvJRkZEcql&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"790\" 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:\/\/www.danielleboyer.org\/\">Danielle Boyer<\/a> (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), robotics inventor\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/faculty\/randall-kekoa-akee\">Randy Kekoa Akee<\/a> (Native Hawaiian), Julie Johnson Kidd\u202fProfessor of\u202fIndigenous Governance and\u202fDevelopment at Harvard University in Massachusetts\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/runningwolf\/\">Michael Running Wolf<\/a> (Lakota and Cheyenne), <a href=\"https:\/\/mila.quebec\/fr\/ia-pour-lhumanite\/projets-appliques\/initiative-flair\">community leader in AI research<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaf.edu\/casr\/about\/bio-page\/crystal-pennington\/\">Crystal Hill-Pennington<\/a>, professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Artificial Intelligence (AI)  and Data Centers at the National Congress of American Indians <\/div>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tending the Digital Fire: AI, Sovereignty, and the Next Seven Generations, from left: Matthew Rantanen, Stephen Roe Lewis (Gila River), Traci Morris (Chickasaw) and Michael Cruz, at National Congress of American Indians 82nd annual convention in Seattle, Washington. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAI1944<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lYeC7Zhd2N\">pic.twitter.com\/lYeC7Zhd2N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1991591621536981401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYOU CAN\u2019T DRINK DATA\u2026THE BIG LIE IS AI\u201d: Demonstration against data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) at National Congress of American Indians 82nd annual convention in Seattle, Washington. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAI1944<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhajeBGAA4\">pic.twitter.com\/UhajeBGAA4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1991592290377429306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s about what Indian Country thinks&quot;: Dr. Traci Morris (Chickasaw), Executive Director of American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University, on engagement with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at National Congress of American Indians 82nd annual convention. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAI1944<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1OJ0IYtfs\">pic.twitter.com\/j1OJ0IYtfs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1991595205632680079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We have to remain rooted in our culture and traditions&quot;: Governor Stephen Roe Lewis of Gila River Indian Community on protecting sovereignty when it comes to Data Centers at National Congress of American Indians 82nd annual convention. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crimpima?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@crimpima<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRIC_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GRIC_Official<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAI1944<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3SJ9LU5mL7\">pic.twitter.com\/3SJ9LU5mL7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1991596130732585334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\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; 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