{"id":38079,"date":"2024-07-01T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=38079"},"modified":"2024-07-01T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:12:32","slug":"native-america-calling-assessing-a-century-of-cultural-destruction-from-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/01\/native-america-calling-assessing-a-century-of-cultural-destruction-from-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Assessing a century of cultural destruction from dams"},"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\">Monday, July 1, 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\"> Assessing a century of cultural destruction from dams<\/div>\r\nFor the first time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/media\/document\/tribal-circumstances-analysis\">federal government acknowledges the devastation to Native American tribes<\/a> caused by a century of dam building on rivers in the Pacific Northwest. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe report by the U.S. Department of Interior notes the benefits for the region\u2019s burgeoning population in need of cheap power, irrigation, and steady jobs. But that same push dismissed the needs of the tribes that already occupied the land, resulting in flooding homes and sacred sites, and the decimation of salmon runs, their chief reliable food source.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-10>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01\/tribal-circumstances-analysis-doi-june-2024.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">Tribal Circumstances Analysis: Historic and Ongoing Impacts of Federal Dams on the Columbia River Basin Tribes<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\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\/erik.holt.73\/\">Erik Holt<\/a> (Nez Perce), chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nezperce.org\/government\/commissions\/\">Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCorinne Sams (Cayuse, Walla Walla, Cocopah), chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/critfc.org\/about-us\/critfc-commissioners\/\">Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission<\/a> and member of the board of trustees and chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctuir.org\/our-government\/committees-commissions\/fish-wildlife-commission\/\">Fish and Wildlife Commission for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/keola-awong-1a236641\">Keola Awong<\/a> (Kanaka Maoli), program manager interpretation and education\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/james-pepper-henry-a8b0a73b\/\">James Pepper Henry<\/a> (Kaw and Muscogee), vice chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawnation.gov\/\">Kaw Nation<\/a> and director emeritus at the <a href=\"https:\/\/famok.org\/\">First Americans Museum<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/01\/native-america-calling-assessing-a-century-of-cultural-destruction-from-dams\/hanfordreach\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"38084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/01\/native-america-calling-assessing-a-century-of-cultural-destruction-from-dams\/hanfordreach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01\/HanfordReach-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1679828299&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hanford Reach National Monument\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hanford Reach National Monument&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington is named for Hanford Reach, the last non-tidal, free-flowing section of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usfwspacific\/52775318272\/&gt;A. LaValle \/ U.S Fish and Wildlife Service&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01\/HanfordReach-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01\/HanfordReach-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hanford Reach National Monument\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-38084\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington is named for Hanford Reach, the last non-tidal, free-flowing section of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usfwspacific\/52775318272\/>A. 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