{"id":547340,"date":"2026-05-26T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=547340"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:37:42","slug":"native-america-calling-border-wall-construction-damaging-sacred-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/26\/native-america-calling-border-wall-construction-damaging-sacred-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Border wall construction damaging sacred sites"},"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\">Tuesday, May 26, 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\nBorder wall construction damaging sacred sites\r\n<\/div>\r\nConstruction crews working on the wall along the U.S. border with Mexico  significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tucsonsentinel.com\/local\/report\/050426_oodham_intaglio_damaged\/border-wall-contractor-bulldozed-desecrated-native-sacred-site-southern-arizona\/\">damaged a 1,000-year-old geoglyph<\/a> located in  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/cabeza-prieta\">Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>  in Arizona.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe geoglyph site  one of a number of places tribes on both sides of the border say are damaged or are threatened by the fast-tracked construction process. Tribal leaders say such desecration is happening at a record pace after the Trump administration sidelined cultural and environmental barriers to construction.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to hear from cultural historians and policy experts about that is being lost and what can be done about it.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/26\/native-america-calling-border-wall-construction-damaging-sacred-sites\/cabezaprietanationalwildliferefuge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-547389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"547389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/26\/native-america-calling-border-wall-construction-damaging-sacred-sites\/cabezaprietanationalwildliferefuge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26\/CabezaPrietaNationalWildlifeRefuge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is located along 56 miles of the United States border with Mexico. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:CPNWR-east.JPG&gt;DiverDave&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is located along 56 miles of the United States border with Mexico. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:CPNWR-east.JPG&gt;DiverDave&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26\/CabezaPrietaNationalWildlifeRefuge.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26\/CabezaPrietaNationalWildlifeRefuge.jpg\" alt=\"Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-547389\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is located along 56 miles of the United States border with Mexico. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:CPNWR-east.JPG>DiverDave<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nEmily Burgueno (Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel), chairwoman of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kdlc.org\/\">Kumeyaay Diegue\u00f1o Land Conservancy<\/a>, an inter-tribal organization in California\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDavid Martinez (Akimel O\u2019odham, Hia-Ced O\u2019odham and Mexican), <a href=\"https:\/\/asu.academia.edu\/DavidMart\u00ednez\">professor of American Indian Studies and Transborder Studies<\/a> and director and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sts.asu.edu\/itin\">Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations<\/a> at Arizona State University\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nChristina Leza (Yoeme and Chicana), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/basics\/contact\/directory\/people\/leza_christina.html\">professor of anthropology<\/a> at Colorado College\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFelicity Amaya Schaeffer, <a href=\"https:\/\/campusdirectory.ucsc.edu\/cd_detail?uid=fsg\">professor of feminist studies, critical race and ethnic studies<\/a> at the University of California Santa Cruz\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":"Tribal leaders say desecration of sacred sites is happening at a record pace after the Trump administration sidelined cultural and environmental barriers.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547389,"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":[11,1,14,23],"tags":[42,45,38,7477,400,6468,118,75,7476,7478,630,243,550,133,134,43],"class_list":["post-547340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","category-world","tag-arizona","tag-borders","tag-california","tag-christine-leza","tag-colorado","tag-david-martinez","tag-doi","tag-donald-trump","tag-emily-burgueno","tag-felicity-amaya-schaeffer","tag-fws","tag-media","tag-mexico","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-sacred-sites","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26\/CabezaPrietaNationalWildlifeRefuge.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2io4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547340","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=547340"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548687,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547340\/revisions\/548687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}