{"id":37666,"date":"2024-06-12T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=37666"},"modified":"2024-06-13T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:42:02","slug":"native-america-calling-the-inevitable-and-increasing-heat-and-wildfire-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/06\/12\/native-america-calling-the-inevitable-and-increasing-heat-and-wildfire-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The inevitable and increasing heat and wildfire threat"},"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, June 12, 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\">The inevitable and increasing heat and wildfire threat<\/div>\r\nAn early summer heat wave just scorched the Southwest, breaking high temperature records, and another potentially record-breaking weather system is on it\u2019s way. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n2023 was the worst year on record for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maricopa.gov\/ArchiveCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/5734\">heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona<\/a>. A 14-year study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds Indigenous populations in the U.S. suffer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6924a1.htm\">higher percentage of heat-related deaths<\/a> than any other population.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n NASA is just one of the agencies documenting the <a href=\"https:\/\/disc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/information\/news?title=Rising%20Heat%20Waves%20in%20North%20America%20in%20the%20Past%2040%20Years\">increasing frequency of high heat and drought<\/a>, both of which put fire management officials on alert for the potential of another destructive wildfire season.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to find out how Native American emergency management and public health officials are gearing up to prepare for potentially deadly weather conditions.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/06\/11\/native-america-calling-indigenous-lgbtq-and-two-spirit-artists-express-their-pride\/navajoshadehouse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1246\" data-attachment-id=\"37682\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/06\/11\/native-america-calling-indigenous-lgbtq-and-two-spirit-artists-express-their-pride\/navajoshadehouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13\/NavajoShadeHouse.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1662,1246\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1442904610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.53&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Navajo Shade House\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Navajo Shade House&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Navajo shade house in Arizona. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23155134@N06\/51419460446\/&gt;Don Graham&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13\/NavajoShadeHouse-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13\/NavajoShadeHouse.jpg\" alt=\"Navajo Shade House\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-37682\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A Navajo shade house in Arizona. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23155134@N06\/51419460446\/>Don Graham<\/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\/bodie-shaw-262437a\">Bodie Shaw<\/a> (member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), deputy regional director for the northwest region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tolani-francisco-dvm-mph-83668628\/\">Dr. Tolani Francisco<\/a> (from the Pueblo of Laguna and Catawba), owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/nativehealingllc.com\/\">Native Healing, LLC<\/a> and wild horse and burro coordinator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/inside-fs\/delivering-mission\/excel\/herstory-meet-tolani-francisco\">U.S. Forest Service<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zombietrev5k\">Trevor Boucher<\/a>, meteorologist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/\">National Weather Service<\/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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds Indigenous people suffer a higher percentage of heat-related deaths than any other population.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37682,"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":[11,19,1],"tags":[42,117,2910,373,283,478,355,243,3350,133,134,4961,4962,474],"class_list":["post-37666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-health","category-national","tag-arizona","tag-bia","tag-bodie-shaw","tag-cdc","tag-climate-change","tag-fires","tag-horses","tag-media","tag-nasa","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-tolani-francisco","tag-trevor-boucher","tag-usfs","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13\/NavajoShadeHouse.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9Nw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666","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=37666"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37684,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666\/revisions\/37684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}