{"id":36338,"date":"2024-03-27T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=36338"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:03:10","slug":"native-america-calling-confronting-persistent-racism-in-north-dakota-high-school-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/03\/27\/native-america-calling-confronting-persistent-racism-in-north-dakota-high-school-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Confronting persistent racism in North Dakota high school sports"},"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\">Wednesday, March 27, 2024<\/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\"> Confronting persistent racism in North Dakota high school sports<\/div>\r\nMinot Public Schools issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2024\/03\/mps-releases-statement-after-basketball-incident\/\">public apology over conduct of fans<\/a> at a basketball tournament this month.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The action comes after reports of \u201cpotentially discriminatory conduct\u201d targeting Native players. It\u2019s one in a  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestownsun.com\/news\/north-dakota\/racial-taunting-incidents-persist-at-north-dakota-sporting-events\">series of complaints about racially insensitive actions<\/a>. The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights is investigating. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNative American advocates successfully pushed the state School Activities Association to adopt a zero tolerance policy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/parents-of-native-american-basketball-players-file-federal-complaint-over-racist-taunts-at-game\/\">racially insensitive behavior by fans<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/03\/27\/native-america-calling-confronting-persistent-racism-in-north-dakota-high-school-sports\/basketball\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36344\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2183\" height=\"1637\" data-attachment-id=\"36344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/03\/27\/native-america-calling-confronting-persistent-racism-in-north-dakota-high-school-sports\/basketball\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28\/Basketball.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2183,1637\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Basketball\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Basketball&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/77654185@N07\/16743765980\/&gt;Kerri Lee Smith&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28\/Basketball-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28\/Basketball.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-36344\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/77654185@N07\/16743765980\/>Kerri Lee Smith<\/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.facebook.com\/lance.eaglestaff\/\">Lance Eaglestaff<\/a> (Cheyenne River Lakota), father of a basketball player at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckschools.org\/BHS\">Bismarck High School<\/a>  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heather-demaray-mba-10b61592\">Heather Demaray<\/a> (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation member), chairwoman for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckschools.org\/Page\/2769\">Indigenous Parent Advisory Committee<\/a> for the Bismarck Public Schools   \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/biography\/jayme-davis\">State Rep. Jayme Davis<\/a> (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives\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":"The Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the treatment of Native athletes at public schools in North Dakota.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,1,21],"tags":[1554,1388,4739,4740,4738,243,133,302,61,134,102],"class_list":["post-36338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","category-sports","tag-discrimination","tag-ed","tag-heather-demaray","tag-jayme-davis","tag-lance-eaglestaff","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-north-dakota","tag-racism","tag-radio","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9s6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28\/Basketball.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36338","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=36338"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36345,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36338\/revisions\/36345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}