{"id":39137,"date":"2024-07-30T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=39137"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:25:09","slug":"native-america-calling-indigenous-athletes-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/30\/native-america-calling-indigenous-athletes-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Indigenous athletes: what it takes to get to the Olympics"},"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, July 30, 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\"> Indigenous athletes: what it takes to get to the Olympics<\/div>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\">2024 Paris Olympics<\/a> are underway with <a href=\"https:\/\/ictnews.org\/news\/indigenous-athletes-seeking-gold-at-paris-olympics\">more than 50 Indigenous athletes<\/a> competing in the games.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe figure includes the national team with the highest number of Indigenous athletes in the history of the Games: New Zealand, with 37 competitors of M\u0101ori descent. The United States has three Native Hawaiian athletes and Canada has at least five Olympic hopefuls representing various Indigenous nations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to talk with expert Olympic watchers about where to find Indigenous athletic talent in Paris and Tahiti and what to keep an eye out for during the competition.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/30\/native-america-calling-indigenous-athletes-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the-olympics\/olympic-games-paris-2024-beach-volleyball-ger-v-fra-20240728\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"39146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/30\/native-america-calling-indigenous-athletes-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the-olympics\/olympic-games-paris-2024-beach-volleyball-ger-v-fra-20240728\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30\/parisolympics.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Olympic Games Paris 2024\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Olympic Games Paris 2024&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Germany and France compete in volleyball at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 28, 2024. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/132011981@N04\/53886368936\/&gt;Alain Grosclaude \/ KMSP \/ France Olympique&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30\/parisolympics.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30\/parisolympics-2048x1365.jpg\" alt=\"Olympic Games Paris 2024\"  class=\"size-2048x2048 wp-image-39146\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Germany and France compete in volleyball at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 28, 2024. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/132011981@N04\/53886368936\/>Alain Grosclaude \/ KMSP \/ France Olympique<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ictnews.org\/author\/dan-ninham\">Dan Ninham<\/a> (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), freelance reporter for ICT News and director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naiahf.org\/about\">North America Indigenous Athletic Hall of Fame<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRick Baker (Hopi), head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hjshs.org\/m\/pages\/index.jsp?uREC_ID=455235&#038;type=d&#038;termREC_ID=&#038;pREC_ID=900464\">Hopi High School Cross Country Team<\/a> on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/in\/trevor-iserhoff-17629a229\">Trevor Iserhoff<\/a> (Cree from Moose Cree First Nation), host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RezHockeyPodcast\/\">Rez Hockey Podcast<\/a> in Canada\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 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, with more than 50 Indigenous athletes competing in the games.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39146,"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":[15,1,21,23],"tags":[42,5186,4600,2915,464,129,3477,243,5187,133,653,2165,349,134,5188,5189],"class_list":["post-39137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-national","category-sports","category-world","tag-arizona","tag-dan-ninham","tag-france","tag-hockey","tag-hopi","tag-ict","tag-maori","tag-media","tag-naiahf","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-new-zealand","tag-olympics","tag-radio","tag-rick-baker","tag-trever-iserhoff","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30\/parisolympics.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-abf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39137","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=39137"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39148,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39137\/revisions\/39148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}