{"id":619615,"date":"2026-06-11T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=619615"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:09:47","slug":"native-america-calling-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/11\/native-america-calling-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: In the parched West, tribes restore waterways to improve quality and quantity"},"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, June 11, 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\nIn the parched West, tribes restore waterways to improve quality and quantity\r\n<\/div>\r\nA site of tragedy for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nwbshoshone.com\/\">Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation<\/a> has become a place of renewal and promise. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe tribe has worked for the past seven years to revitalize the land of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bear_River_Massacre\">1863 Bear River Massacre<\/a>. By eradicating invasive species, reviving native plants, and returning water canals to their natural paths, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nwbshoshone.com\/wudaogwa\/\">tribe is significantly boosting both water quality and flow of the river<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/11\/native-america-calling-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity\/bearrivermassacre\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-619801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"619801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/11\/native-america-calling-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity\/bearrivermassacre\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11\/BearRiverMassacre.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Bear River Massacre\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bear River Massacre&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A memorial at the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre in Utah. Hundreds of Shoshone children, women and men were massacred by the U.S. military on January 29, 1863. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bear_River_Massacre_1932_Monument_-_26_April_2020.jpg&gt;Beneathtimp&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11\/BearRiverMassacre.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11\/BearRiverMassacre.jpg\" alt=\"Bear River Massacre\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-619801\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A memorial at the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre in Utah. Hundreds of Shoshone children, women and men were massacred by the U.S. military on January 29, 1863. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bear_River_Massacre_1932_Monument_-_26_April_2020.jpg>Beneathtimp<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe area is one of the biggest sources of water for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Salt_Lake\">Great Salt Lake<\/a>, and officials say the tribe\u2019s efforts could be part of a solution to preventing the iconic body of water from disappearing amid an increasingly dry climate. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd in Montana, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cskt.org\/\">Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes<\/a> continue work as part of a historic compact to <a href=\"https:\/\/cskt.org\/natural-resources\/jocko-river-restoration\/\">revitalize the Jocko River<\/a>. Tune in to discuss how Indigenous knowledge is providing promise against a troubling trend.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nBrad Parry (Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation), vice chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nwbshoshone.com\/\">Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation<\/a> in Utah\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSeth Makepeace (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes), hydrologist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/cskt.org\/\">Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes<\/a> in Montana\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDonella Miller (Yakama), <a href=\"https:\/\/critfc.org\/staff\/donella-miller\/\">fish science manager<\/a> for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHannah Freeze,  deputy commissioner for the <a href=\"https:\/\/greatsaltlake.utah.gov\/\">Great Salt Lake<\/a> in Utah\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":"A site of tragedy for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has become a place of renewal and promise.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619801,"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":[7519,283,2583,430,7521,7522,668,243,249,133,1305,134,43,7520,508,153],"class_list":["post-619615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","tag-brad-parry","tag-climate-change","tag-critfc","tag-cskt","tag-donella-miller","tag-hannah-freeze","tag-massacres","tag-media","tag-montana","tag-native-america-calling","tag-northwestern-band","tag-radio","tag-sacred-sites","tag-seth-makepeace","tag-utah","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11\/BearRiverMassacre.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2BbN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619615","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=619615"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619835,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619615\/revisions\/619835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}