Native America Calling

Native America Calling is an interactive radio show that connects public radio stations, online listeners, and callers to spark meaningful discussions about topics relevant to Native communities. Each episode features insightful guests and experts who engage with callers from across the United States, aiming to enhance the well-being of Native Americans. The show is broadcast on nearly 70 public, community, and tribal radio stations throughout the United States and Canada. Produced by Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, a Native-led media organization based in Anchorage, Alaska, Native America Calling serves as a vital platform for dialogue and awareness.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025 – 30 years of Native America Calling » Native America Calling

3 weeks ago | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Native America Calling’s first national radio broadcast. Started in the studios in Albuquerque public radio station, KUNM, NAC has been the daily voice for Native issues, politics, entertainment, and arts ever since.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 – Conservation, consultation, and competition: tribal forestry managers react to timber 'emergency' » Native America Calling

1 month ago | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:59 — 38.4MB) | EmbedThe federal government is poised to open up an extra 112 million acres of land to cover what Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins labels an “emergency”. Tribes concerned about sacred places, wildlife habitat, and conservation complain they were left out of the decision-making process to get here.
Thursday, May 8, 2025 – Graduation ceremonies are a battleground over regalia » Native America Calling

1 month ago | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:25 — 38.7MB) | EmbedNew Mexico is the latest of more than 20 states to formally recognize Native American students’ right to express their cultural heritage at graduation ceremonies. Those expressions are typically in the form of eagle feathers, beadwork, moccasins, or other traditional dress worn during the ceremony with gowns and mortarboard caps.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – Tribes in the arid southwest face water management uncertainty » Native America Calling

2 months ago | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:34 — 38.2MB) | EmbedTribes that rely on Colorado River water — and the complex set of rules that govern it — are worried about how President Donald Trump’s executive orders and the ongoing legal questions about them will affect their water access. President Trump froze federal funds for the Inflation Reduction Act.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – Native Bookshelf: 'Through a Prairie Country' and 'Broken Fields' » Native America Calling

Mar 18, 2025 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:40 — 38.2MB) | EmbedAuthor Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) continues to put her favorite Ojibwe protagonist, Cash Blackbear, into a nail biting search for another murderer in Broken Fields. It’s the fourth in Rendon’s Cash Blackbear series about a tough independent young woman who loves working the land of the Red River Valley as a farm hand and has a special intuition for solving crime.
Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Decades of funding neglect is causing serious problems for rural Alaska school buildings » Native America Calling

Mar 13, 2025 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:31 — 38.1MB) | EmbedAn entire wall of one school building is buckling after a leaky roof went unattended for 19 years. Students at another school have to go home to use the bathroom during the day because the school’s water pipes burst. Exposed insulation hangs from the ceiling in another school.
Thursday, March 6, 2025 – The ongoing push for MMIP action and awareness » Native America Calling

Mar 6, 2025 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:37 — 38.2MB) | EmbedA play in Burbank, Calif. exposes the frustrations Native Americans often express about the ongoing tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). The largely Native production, Four Women In Red, portrays a group of women who learn they’re largely alone in finding out information about missing loved ones. The play comes at a time of job cuts for Department of Interior officials and federal law enforcement officers.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 – Is the Antiquities Act an antique? » Native America Calling

Jan 22, 2025 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:15 — 38.6MB) | EmbedWith the support of area tribes, President Joe Biden just designated the Chuckwalla National Monument using his authority under the Antiquities Act. That same law created the path for President Barack Obama to designate the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Both actions stirred opposition from ranchers, oil drillers, and other profit-driven entities who see a better use for that land.
Thursday, January 9, 2025 – Combating a Native American housing crisis » Native America Calling

Jan 9, 2025 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:26 — 38.1MB) | EmbedAmong California’s efforts to fight homelessness is an allocation of more than $91 million to boost tribal housing efforts. The Cherokee Nation is putting $40 million toward affordable housing this year. That’s on top of a $120 million housing investment two years ago. HUD is disbursing almost $73 million toward housing programs for 38 tribes. The aim is to offset the persistent disparity in Native American homelessness.
Monday, November 25, 2025 – A more meaningful Thanksgiving lesson » Native America Calling

Nov 24, 2024 | nativeamericacalling.com | Art Hughes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:21 — 38.7MB) | EmbedThe challenge for teachers this time of year is to approach the history of Thanksgiving without stereotypes and outdated myths about interactions between Native Americans and early settlers.