{"id":5598,"date":"2020-05-25T09:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2020-05-25T09:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:13:51","slug":"native-america-calling-may-25-may-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/05\/25\/native-america-calling-may-25-may-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: May 25-May 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stay up to date this week with Native America Calling<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest schedule Your National Electronic Talking Circle. You can listen LIVE every day<\/a> at 1pm Eastern.<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 25, 2020 \u2013 Jesse Wente: Broadcaster, film director and critic<\/h4>\n

\u201cReconciliation is dead.\u201d That\u2019s the message from Canadian broadcaster and artist Jesse Wente (Serpent River First Nation) in a commentary about the Coastal GasLink pipeline protests. While his comments might seem controversial, he often speaks his mind directly in a sea of \u201cCanada nice.\u201d In this hour we\u2019ll talk with him about his career as a broadcaster, film curator and his role as director of the Indigenous Screen Office. (NOTE: This is an encore show from March 12, 2020<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 \u2013 Natives in the Spotlight: Boys and Girls Club Native Services<\/h4>\n

The Native Services arm of the Boys & Girls Club of America is rethinking how it\u2019s reaching out to help young people so they, in turn, can help out in their communities. Ordinarily they promote healthy choices, support students and provide programs to help youth succeed. Since so many of their efforts rely on in-person group programs, organizers are restructuring to reach young people virtually to also reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Native Services has about a dozen chapters nationwide that offer culturally-appropriate programs that build social, emotional, intellectual and physical capacity in the communities they serve.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 \u2013 Book of the Month: Native California Flash Cards<\/h4>\n

We\u2019re turning the pages of a different kind of work that\u2019s aimed at building Native identity and language. The \u201cNative California Flash Cards: For Culture and Language Learning<\/a>\u201d come from the creative minds of artist Lyn Risling (Karuk\/Yurok\/Hupa) and writer and artist Analisa Tripp (Karuk). They are a tool that could inspire a deeper understanding of California Native culture through illustrations of people, plants, animals and designs. Each card has space for instructors to write the word for those illustrations in their own language.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 28, 2020 \u2013 Polar bears caught in the middle<\/h4>\n

Polar bears have a strong cultural significance for Alaska Natives and Indigenous people of the Arctic. They\u2019re a food source and are included in traditional stories throughout Alaska and northern Canada. They are the top predator in their food web. Now they are listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Melting ice caused by climate change is changing polar bear habitat, forcing them away from their main method for gathering food. As a symbol of climate change, they\u2019re in the middle of debates over natural resources and climate change policy. We continue our series on the cultural and environmental importance of animals with a look at polar bears, their relationship to Indigenous people and their struggle for survival.<\/p>\n

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Friday, May 29, 2020 \u2013 May in the news<\/h4>\n

Many tribal casinos are re-opening, but with added restrictions to try and prevent spreading the coronavirus. We\u2019ll hear about the potential benefits and dangers as businesses open their doors to the public. Specifically, we\u2019ll focus on what contact tracing involves and how data is helpful in keeping the public safe. Also a Montana judge blocked a law limiting the number of absentee ballots one individual could bring to the post office or polling place. The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana says the law disproportionately affects Native voters who live in rural areas and may have limited access to post offices or polling places. These stories and more are in our regular news round up.<\/p>\n

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