{"id":455425,"date":"2026-03-18T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=455425"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:04:44","slug":"native-america-calling-states-philanthropy-help-keep-tribal-clean-energy-projects-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/18\/native-america-calling-states-philanthropy-help-keep-tribal-clean-energy-projects-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: States, philanthropy help keep tribal clean energy projects going"},"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, March 18, 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\">States, philanthropy help keep tribal clean energy projects going\r\n<\/div>\r\n The state of Washington   awarded a number of tribes almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.wa.gov\/commerce-awards-16-8-million-for-tribal-clean-energy-and-resilience-projects\/\">$18 million for clean energy projects<\/a> &#8212; from solar installations to electric fishing and research boat conversions. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe state grants are one of the alternative funding sources as tribes and tribal economic development ventures scramble to fill a void following the <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/indigenous\/the-feds-pulled-1-5b-from-tribal-clean-energy-tribes-are-finding-another-way\/\">withdrawal of some $1.5 billion in federal dollars<\/a>. As reported by Grist, the withdrawal was result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a Republican-led bill backed by President Donald Trump.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to get an update on where clean energy infrastructure and development trends are headed in the absence of any new federal money.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tribal &amp; Native groups are &quot;finding another way&quot; as they face major federal funding cuts to ~1.6K clean energy projects. One agrivoltaics initiative already marks &quot;significant breakthrough for the tribe and the broader tribal clean energy landscape.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8frMNKWUem\">https:\/\/t.co\/8frMNKWUem<\/a><\/p>&mdash; EDF (@EnvDefenseFund) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnvDefenseFund\/status\/2032103826161795354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nDavid Harper (Mojave from the Colorado River Indian Tribes), CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huurav.com\/\">Huurav Energy<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJohn Lewis (Gila River Indian Community), managing director for Native American Energy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avantenergy.com\/\">Avant Energy<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMiacel Spotted Elk (Navajo and Northern Cheyenne), <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/author\/miacel-spotted-elk\/\">Indigenous affairs reporter at Grist<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShaun Tsabetsaye (Zuni), head of tribal technical assistance and project development for the <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalcleanenergy.org\/\">Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWAStateCommerce%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02SsdJDYwMb5VFWPFyQb6qyTBfPj2xPP3XwtFJUCwFBd9s5Mft2WHbmuFCpYWbPQdVl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\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\/2022\/03\/16\/redlakenation-scaled.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tune into Native America Calling to get an update on clean energy infrastructure and development trends in the absence of federal dollars.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,1,14],"tags":[214,283,7259,75,71,284,454,5244,7260,7261,133,7258,85,7262,314],"class_list":["post-455425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","tag-appropriations","tag-climate-change","tag-david-harper","tag-donald-trump","tag-economic-development","tag-energy","tag-grants","tag-grist","tag-john-lewis","tag-miacel-spotted-elk","tag-native-america-calling","tag-obba","tag-republicans","tag-shaun-tsabetsaye","tag-washington","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16\/redlakenation-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1Utz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455425","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=455425"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455507,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455425\/revisions\/455507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}