{"id":646850,"date":"2026-06-22T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=646850"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:52:47","slug":"native-america-calling-rebecca-nagles-first-america-amplifies-native-voices-amid-the-din-of-america-250-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/22\/native-america-calling-rebecca-nagles-first-america-amplifies-native-voices-amid-the-din-of-america-250-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling:  Rebecca Nagle\u2019s \u2018First America\u2019 amplifies Native voices amid the din of America 250 celebrations"},"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\">Monday, June 22, 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\n Rebecca Nagle\u2019s \u2018First America\u2019 amplifies Native voices amid the din of America 250 celebrations\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe Declaration of Independence infamously contains the phrase  \u201cmerciless Indian savages\u201d &#8212; an indication of just where Native Americans fit into this year\u2019s celebration of the founding document\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor much of that time, the federal government, colonial historians, and the general public have fetishized a version of Native culture, all while working to extinguish that culture from continued existence. Acclaimed Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle takes on the semiquincentennial from the Native perspective in her new six-part podcast, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushkin.fm\/podcasts\/first-america\">First America<\/a>.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/first-america\/id1464954218\"><\/iframe>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNagle is also the creator of the  \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/crooked.com\/podcast-series\/this-land\/\">This Land<\/a>\u201d podcast which earned a Peabody Award nomination and won the 2020 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. And she <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/08\/from-the-trail-of-tears-to-a-temper-tantrum-native-author-explores-long-fight-for-justice-on-tribal-lands\/\">wrote the national best-selling book<\/a>, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dhSVni\">By the Fire We Carry<\/a>.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to  hear from Nagle and some of the historians and academics who provided insights on the Native influences on early democracy and the uneasy balance between Native people and America ever since.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/02\/native-america-calling-the-native-truth-about-independence-day\/stone-tif\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"718\" data-attachment-id=\"13657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/02\/native-america-calling-the-native-truth-about-independence-day\/stone-tif\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/02\/mercilessindiansavages.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"957,718\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Merciless Indian Savages&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Merciless Indian Savages&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Declaration of Independence refers to Native people as &amp;#8220;merciless Indian savages.&amp;#8221; Graphic by Mark Charles \/ Wireless Hogan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/02\/mercilessindiansavages.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/02\/mercilessindiansavages.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Merciless Indian Savages&#039;\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-13657\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Declaration of Independence refers to Native people as &#8220;merciless Indian savages.&#8221; Graphic by Mark Charles \/ Wireless Hogan<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccanagle.com\/\">Rebecca Nagle<\/a> (Cherokee), creator and host of the \u201cFirst America\u201d podcast; author of \u201cBy the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land\u201d; and creator of \u201cThis Land\u201d podcast\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPhilip Deloria (Yankton Dakota), <a href=\"https:\/\/history.fas.harvard.edu\/people\/philip-deloria\">professor of history<\/a> at Harvard University in Massachusetts\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe), <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/nestes\">associate professor<\/a> of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota\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; 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