{"id":690153,"date":"2026-07-14T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=690153"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:20:50","slug":"native-america-calling-strengthening-the-tribal-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/07\/14\/native-america-calling-strengthening-the-tribal-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Strengthening the tribal workforce"},"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, July 14, 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\nStrengthening the tribal workforce: trade school and a new federal grant program\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded the Federal Pell Grant, a subsidy for undergraduate students, to cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-issues-final-rule-create-new-workforce-pell-grant-program\">short-term workforce training programs<\/a> for the first time. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNative education advocates view the new Workforce Pell Grant program as a positive initiative that could help more low-income adults get into high-demand jobs while boosting enrollment at tribal colleges and universities. The program went into effect this month so it\u2019s still too early to tell how tribal institutions will benefit.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to discuss the viability of vocational school and training and how the <a href=\"https:\/\/collegefund.org\/tcus-in-the-news\/workforce-pell-opens-new-possibilities-for-tribal-colleges-and-communities\/\">Workforce Pell Grant will take effect at tribal post-secondary institutions<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<iframe  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6aGDLyb-v2c\" title=\"UTTC Welding Program\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">United Tribes Technical College: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/6aGDLyb-v2c>UTTC Welding Program<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nLeander McDonald (Dakota, Arikara, Hidatsa, and Hunkpapa), president of the U<a href=\"https:\/\/uttc.edu\/\">nited Tribes Technical College<\/a> in North Dakota\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNyree Kedrowski (Ho-Chunk Nation), managing partner for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveskies.org\/\">Five Skies<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMoriah O\u2019Brien, vice president of congressional and federal relations at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aihec.org\/\">American Indian Higher Education Consortium<\/a>\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\/2026\/07\/14\/UnitedTribesTechnicalCollege.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tune into Native America Calling to learn how the Workforce Pell Grant will take effect at tribal post-secondary institutions.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":690244,"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":[18,1],"tags":[1685,121,454,4847,243,7587,133,302,7586,7139,134,7585,4849],"class_list":["post-690153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","tag-aihec","tag-employment","tag-grants","tag-leander-mcdonald","tag-media","tag-moriah-obrien","tag-native-america-calling","tag-north-dakota","tag-nyree-kedrowski","tag-obbba","tag-radio","tag-tribal-collegges","tag-uttc","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/14\/UnitedTribesTechnicalCollege.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2Txv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690153","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=690153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690245,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690153\/revisions\/690245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}