{"id":705602,"date":"2026-07-21T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=705602"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:30:01","slug":"native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-laura-tohe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/07\/21\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-laura-tohe\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Laura Tohe"},"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 21, 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\nNative in the Spotlight: Laura Tohe\r\n<\/div>\r\nAcclaimed Din\u00e9 writer and Arizona\u2019s current poet laureate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lauratohe.com\/\">Dr. Laura Tohe<\/a>, is working to share her poetry across the state\u2019s rural communities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThat <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/office-arizona-governor\/news\/2026\/01\/governor-katie-hobbs-appoints-laura-tohe-arizona-poet-laureate\">includes public readings and uplifting young, emerging poets<\/a> in Arizona. Growing up in a remote community on the <a href=https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/>Navajo Nation<\/a>, Tohe demonstrated a firm grasp of both Din\u00e9 bizaad and English at an early age. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/07\/21\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-laura-tohe\/lauratohe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-705629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1883\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"705629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/07\/21\/native-america-calling-native-in-the-spotlight-with-laura-tohe\/lauratohe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/21\/LauraTohe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1883,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Laura Tohe\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Laura Tohe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Laura Tohe. 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She\u2019s been recognized by some of the top literary organizations and her writing has been translated to multiple languages for an international audience. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTohe joins Native America Calling&#8217;s special feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/category\/special-features\/native-in-the-spotlight\/\">Native in the Spotlight<\/a>, to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260114-university-news-asu-professor-emeritus-laura-tohe-named-poet-laureate-arizona\">her career and her work<\/a> to make poetry more accessible for everyone.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fazartscommission%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02edVgRhWdHi5LQr2cJXxVQMniN7fuhnpk5PhA4T86HGMy29NTFBXcwVhvdmsBgmfUl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\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\/21\/LauraTohe.jpeg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acclaimed Din\u00e9 writer and Arizona\u2019s current poet laureate, Dr. Laura Tohe, is working to share her poetry across the state.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705665,"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":[17,1],"tags":[42,111,647,175,7611,243,133,618,134,102],"class_list":["post-705602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-national","tag-arizona","tag-books","tag-code-talkers","tag-languages","tag-laura-tohe","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-poetry","tag-radio","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2XyG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/21\/LauraTohe.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705602","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=705602"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705694,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705602\/revisions\/705694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}