{"id":395624,"date":"2026-01-28T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=395624"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:13:01","slug":"native-america-calling-remembering-visionary-indigenous-journalist-dan-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/28\/native-america-calling-remembering-visionary-indigenous-journalist-dan-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Remembering visionary Indigenous journalist Dan David"},"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, January 28, 2026<\/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\">Remembering visionary Indigenous journalist Dan David\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe late \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ictnews.org\/news\/obituary-award-winning-mohawk-journalist-dan-david-lauded-as-trailblazer\/\">Thaioroni\u00f3hte Dan David<\/a> (Kanehsat\u00e0:ke Mohawk) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnnews.ca\/national-news\/thaioroniohte-david-david-father-of-aptn-news-passes-into-the-spirit-world\/\">launched the news department<\/a> for Canada\u2019s Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn doing so, he gave Indigenous voices a national public platform they did not previously have. He started his career with the CBC covering the Yukon Territory. He reported on the Oka Crisis, among many other historic events. After establishing APTN News, he spent a decade reshaping a national newsroom in post-apartheid South Africa. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to  speak with David\u2019s family, friends and colleagues about his many accomplishments and the importance of putting Indigenous voices front and center in news coverage.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso, hear from a founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakotatimes.com\/\">The Lakota Times newspaper<\/a> on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The independent weekly newspaper ceased publication this month after decades in operation, leaving a blank space for Native news in the Great Plains region.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/28\/native-america-calling-remembering-visionary-indigenous-journalist-dan-david\/dandavid\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-395630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"1133\" data-attachment-id=\"395630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/28\/native-america-calling-remembering-visionary-indigenous-journalist-dan-david\/dandavid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/28\/DanDavid.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1133\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Dan David\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dan David&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dan David. Photo courtesy Valerie David&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/28\/DanDavid.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/28\/DanDavid.jpg\" alt=\"Dan David\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-395630\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Dan David. Photo courtesy Valerie David<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nMarie David (Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ke Mohawk), sister to Dan David\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKaryn Pugliese (Pikw\u00e0kanag\u00e0n First Nation), host and producer Nation to Nation of APTN News\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDrew Hayden Taylor (Curve Lake First Nation), playwright and author\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBruce Spence (Opaskwayak Cree Nation), producer at APTN National News\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSylvia Vollenhoven, journalist and filmmaker\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAmanda War Takes Bonnet-Beauvais (Oglala Lakota), public education specialist at the Native Women\u2019s Society of the Great Plains and former editor and publisher at the Lakota Country Times\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>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/28\/DanDavid.jpeg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thaioroni\u00f3hte Dan David, a groundbreaking Mohawk journalist in Canada, passed away on January 12. 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