{"id":403522,"date":"2026-02-04T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=403522"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:52:42","slug":"native-america-calling-college-native-american-studies-programs-map-their-next-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/04\/native-america-calling-college-native-american-studies-programs-map-their-next-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: College Native American Studies programs map their next steps"},"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, February 4, 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\">College Native American Studies programs map their next steps\r\n<\/div>\r\nCollege Native American Studies courses are engines for Native-led research in addition to serving as a welcoming academic home for Native students. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAs it is, Native students are already the most under-represented group on college campuses. Their numbers <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=98\">declined in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd there are indications that the 2023 Supreme Court decision upending Affirmative Action and the Donald Trump Administration\u2019s focus on unraveling Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinclassaction.us\/post\/a-first-look-at-college-enrollment-outcomes-after-the-end-of-affirmative-action\">doing further damage to all minority enrollment<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amindianstudiesassociation\/\">American Indian Studies Association<\/a> convention gets <a href=https:\/\/nas.unm.edu\/news_events\/aisa-2026-conference.html>underway at the University of New Mexico<\/a>, tune in to assess the power and challenges of college programs focusing specifically on Native issues.\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\/02\/04\/AmericanIndianStudiesAssociation.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the American Indian Studies Association convention gets underway, tune in to assess the power and challenges of college programs focusing specifically on Native issues.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403526,"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":[18,13,1,14],"tags":[3555,7097,243,138,133,167,47,134,810,84,102],"class_list":["post-403522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-affirmative-action","tag-aisa","tag-media","tag-meetings","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-scholarships","tag-supreme-court","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1GYq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04\/AmericanIndianStudiesAssociation.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403522","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=403522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403527,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403522\/revisions\/403527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}