{"id":424695,"date":"2026-02-19T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=424695"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:37:16","slug":"native-america-calling-the-growing-artificial-intelligence-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-the-growing-artificial-intelligence-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The growing artificial intelligence threat"},"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\">Thursday, February 19, 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\">The growing AI appropriation threat\r\n<\/div>\r\nNative Americans have worked hard for decades to counter the stereotypes perpetuated in old movies and television shows about the American West.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Now a new generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LoIvX1Wt_xI\">Native technology experts worry that artificial intelligence (AI) is eroding that work<\/a>. Scores of AI-generated images and videos are flooding people\u2019s social media For You pages. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe creations are within easy reach of anyone typing a prompt into any AI generator that scrapes information from millions of sources. Often posted by anonymous creators, the products of those prompts present vaguely Native visual and audio characteristics with little to no authentic cultural connections. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlong the way these fake images generate hundreds of thousands of admirers. Tune into Native America Calling to talk about the work to counter the looming onslaught of AI cultural appropriation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LoIvX1Wt_xI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/plugins\/content-cards\/skins\/default\/content-cards-placeholder.png\" alt=\" - YouTube\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LoIvX1Wt_xI\">\n\t\t\t &#8211; YouTube\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LoIvX1Wt_xI\">\n\t\t\t<p>Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/5b8fd169\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"youtu.be\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tyoutu.be\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">TEDx Talks:\r\n<a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/LoIvX1Wt_xI>Fighting cultural appropriation in the age of AI<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nDr. Angelo Baca (Din\u00e9 and Hopi), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risd.edu\/academics\/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences\/faculty\/angelo-baca\">professor of history, philosophy, and social sciences<\/a> at the Rhode Island School of Design\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTrevor Reed (Hopi), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.uci.edu\/faculty\/full-time\/reed\/\">professor of law<\/a> at the University of California, Irvine School of Law and an associate justice for the Hopi Tribe Court of Appeals\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Tamika Worrell (Gamilaroi), <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.mq.edu.au\/en\/persons\/tamika-worrell\/\">senior lecturer of critical Indigenous studies<\/a> at Macquarie University in Australia\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-the-growing-artificial-intelligence-threat\/artificialintelligence\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-424720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"424720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-the-growing-artificial-intelligence-threat\/artificialintelligence\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/19\/ArtificialIntelligence.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Artificial Intelligence\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Artificial Intelligence&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An image of a &amp;#8220;Native American family&amp;#8221; generated by artificial intelligence.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/19\/ArtificialIntelligence.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/19\/ArtificialIntelligence.jpg\" alt=\"Artificial Intelligence\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-424720\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> An image of a &#8220;Native American family&#8221; generated by artificial intelligence.<\/figcaption>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images and videos of Native people are being generated by artificial intelligence, causing concerns about continued misrepresentation.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":424720,"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":[10,1,22],"tags":[4805,3282,1952,180,243,133,61,134,1423,675,7172,7171],"class_list":["post-424695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-national","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-angelo-baca","tag-australia","tag-internet","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-racism","tag-radio","tag-rhode-island","tag-stereotypes","tag-tamika-worrell","tag-trevor-reed","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1MtV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/19\/ArtificialIntelligence.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424695","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=424695"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424722,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424695\/revisions\/424722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}