{"id":40900,"date":"2024-09-16T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=40900"},"modified":"2024-09-16T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T14:07:32","slug":"native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-betty-osceola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-betty-osceola\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Betty Osceola"},"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, September 16, 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\"> Native in the Spotlight: Betty Osceola<\/div>\r\nThe Florida Everglades are on \u201clife support.\u201d That\u2019s the assessment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bettyosceola\/\">Miccosukee environmental advocate Betty Osceola<\/a>, who says the famed wetlands are under relentless threat from urban encroachment, pollution, and poor management. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOsceola is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betty_Osceola\">dedicated defender of her homelands<\/a> that are also home to at least 39 endangered or threatened species including the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Path_of_the_Panther\">Florida panther<\/a> and the American crocodile. She is sounding the alarm over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2023\/10\/17\/everglades-flooding-has-wildlife-running-out-of-dry-ground\/\">historically high water levels<\/a> that are destroying habitat and drowning culturally important sites. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoni Native America Calling to  talk with Osceola about her connection to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Everglades\">Everglades<\/a> and her passion to preserve them. She joins us as this month\u2019s Native in the Spotlight.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-betty-osceola\/bettyosceola-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1361\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"40904\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-betty-osceola\/bettyosceola-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16\/bettyosceola.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1361,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Betty Osceola\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Betty Osceola&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Betty Osceola. Photo by &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Betty_Osceola_2019.jpg&gt;Lisette Morales&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16\/bettyosceola.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16\/bettyosceola.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Osceola\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40904\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Betty Osceola. Photo by <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Betty_Osceola_2019.jpg>Lisette Morales<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16\/bettyosceola.jpeg\" class=invisible height=0 width=0>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Everglades are on \u201clife support,\u201d an assessment of Miccosukee environmental advocate Betty Osceola.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40903,"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":[11,1],"tags":[5382,5056,255,243,1075,133,134,153],"class_list":["post-40900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","tag-betty-osceola","tag-everglades","tag-florida","tag-media","tag-miccosukee","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16\/bettyosceola.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-aDG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40900","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=40900"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40909,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40900\/revisions\/40909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}