{"id":511476,"date":"2026-05-01T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=511476"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:34:48","slug":"native-america-callling-efforts-to-improve-native-student-achievement-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/01\/native-america-callling-efforts-to-improve-native-student-achievement-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Efforts to improve Native student achievement under fire"},"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\">Friday, May 1, 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\">\r\nEfforts to improve Native student achievement under fire\r\n<\/div>\r\nFollowing the Trump administration\u2019s lead, state elected leaders and private advocacy groups are taking on programs, scholarships, and admissions practices aimed at improving Native student achievement. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAn advocacy organization filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/donoharmmedicine.org\/2026\/03\/30\/lawsuit-challenging-discriminatory-federal-health-scholarship-program\/\">lawsuit challenging a scholarship program that has helped support hundreds of Native Hawaiian medical students<\/a> for more than three decades. The suit claims the program is unconstitutional. Another group is <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforfairadmissions.org\/students-for-fair-admissions-launches-website-against-kamehameha-schools-discriminatory-admissions-policy\/\">going after admissions policies at the K-12 Kamehameha Schools<\/a> that aim to boost Native Hawaiian enrollment. Both challenges have far-reaching implications.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso, hear about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miinojibwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MIIN_Report__Final_2-26-1.pdf\">report that finds Minnesota schools are falling far short<\/a> of the goals enshrined in state law to teach Native languages and culture.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/01\/native-america-callling-efforts-to-improve-native-student-achievement-under-fire\/kaiwakiloumokuhawaiianculturalcenter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-511508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1356\" data-attachment-id=\"511508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/01\/native-america-callling-efforts-to-improve-native-student-achievement-under-fire\/kaiwakiloumokuhawaiianculturalcenter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01\/KaiwakiloumokuHawaiianCulturalCenter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1356\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Ka\u02bbiwak\u012bloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Ka\u02bbiwak\u012bloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center is located on the grounds of the Kamehameha Schools Kap\u0101lama Campus in Oahu, Hawaii. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kaiwakiloumoku_Hawaiian_Cultural_Center_Myron_Pinky_Thompson_Hale.JPG&gt;Myron Pinky Thompson Hale&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Ka\u02bbiwak\u012bloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center is located on the grounds of the Kamehameha Schools Kap\u0101lama Campus in Oahu, Hawaii. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kaiwakiloumoku_Hawaiian_Cultural_Center_Myron_Pinky_Thompson_Hale.JPG&gt;Myron Pinky Thompson Hale&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01\/KaiwakiloumokuHawaiianCulturalCenter.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01\/KaiwakiloumokuHawaiianCulturalCenter.jpg\" alt=\"Ka\u02bbiwak\u012bloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-511508\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The Ka\u02bbiwak\u012bloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center is located on the grounds of the Kamehameha Schools Kap\u0101lama Campus in Oahu, Hawaii. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kaiwakiloumoku_Hawaiian_Cultural_Center_Myron_Pinky_Thompson_Hale.JPG>Myron Pinky Thompson Hale<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nHealani Sonoda-Pale (Kanaka Maoli), educator and community organizer with <a href=https:\/\/www.kalahuihawaii.net\/>Ka L\u0101hui Hawai\u02bbi<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nGimiwan Dustin Burnette (Ojibwe), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miinojibwe.org\/\">Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJon Osorio (Kanaka Maoli), dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\">Hawai\u02bbinui\u0101kea School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRegis Pecos (Cochiti Pueblo), co-director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfis.k12.nm.us\/community\/leadership-institute\">Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School<\/a> in New Mexico, chair of the Tribal Education Alliance, and former governor of Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico\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\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the Trump administration\u2019s lead, state officials and private individuals are challenging Native student programs.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":511508,"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":[18,19,20,13,1,14],"tags":[834,7417,7418,175,243,381,133,653,167,47,134,3695,810,102],"class_list":["post-511476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-hawaii","tag-healani-sonoda-pale","tag-jon-osorio","tag-languages","tag-media","tag-minnesota","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-new-mexico","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-regis-pecos","tag-scholarships","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01\/KaiwakiloumokuHawaiianCulturalCenter.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-293C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511476","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=511476"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537043,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511476\/revisions\/537043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}