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Native America Calling
2026-04-21 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Today, April 21 — Federal funding reinstated for public libraries but worries about the long-term remain

The Trump administration settled a lawsuit this month challenging its year-long effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and agreed to honor past grants that were clawed back last year forcing public libraries across the country (including tribal libraries) to scramble for alternative funding, cut programming, lay off employees, or close their doors. Tribal libraries get numerous grants from the IMLS and, while library directors and advocates welcome reinstated IMLS funds, they are looking to strengthen funding and support for the long term. On National Library Week, we’ll get an update from tribal library advocates about the longevity of these much-needed programs and facilities.
We’ll also learn about continued efforts to keep all books (including those written by Indigenous writers) on public and school library shelves. A handful of states passed legislation that reduces the risk of books being banned in schools and public libraries. This is in response to numerous book ban controversies in states like Texas and Florida that pit librarians and authors of books about certain LGBTQ2+, racial, and historical subjects against conservative Christians. Now, a bill that would ban similar books has been introduced to Congress.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Jennifer Himmelreich (Diné), senior consultant for the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums’ Tribal Library Council
Cassandra Osterloh (Cherokee), New Mexico State Library tribal libraries program coordinator
Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian), author and member of the Freedom to Read New Mexico coalition

Native America Calling
2026-04-20 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 20 — Native Bookshelf: “Python’s Kiss” by Louise Erdrich

“Python’s Kiss” by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) is a collection of short stories that are just as poignant and rich as her novels. In “Domain,” Erdrich imagines an afterlife run like a corporate business. In “Wedding Dresses”, the protagonist relives her past marriages and what led to pain and heartbreak. Each creative story is brilliantly told through Erdrich’s wide range of compelling characters and illustrated by Aza Erdrich Abe, Louise’s daughter and long-time book cover artist. Louise and Aza join us on Native Bookshelf, our regular literary feature.
Some stories in “Python’s Kiss” made previous appearances in The New Yorker, Granta, and other literary publications. Two of them are slated to appear in forthcoming prize-winning collections “The Best American Short Stories 2026” and “The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners”. Erdrich is the author of many books that earned her multiple literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
To join the discussion.\, call 1-800-996-2848

All Indian Basketball
2026-04-19 00:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-18 00:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-17 - 2026-04-18, 2026-04-17 00:00 - 12:00

Native America Calling
2026-04-17 10:00
Today, April 17 – Storytelling and advocacy through film, culture, and collaboration at Arctic Encounter

Filmmaker Kelly Moneymaker is dedicated to documenting how Indigenous people across the world — especially in the Arctic — are adapting to a rapidly changing climate. Moneymaker, who is Samoan and was raised by an adoptive Iñupiaq father, pivoted her career after a successful run in pop music to highlight Indigenous stories on film. Her work has been showcased at United Nations Climate Conferences, prestigious film festivals, and previous Arctic Encounter Summits in Anchorage, Alaska. We’ll speak to Moneymaker about her film work and hear from Unangax̂ tribal leader Crystal Dushkin about her efforts to revitalize her culture while bringing economic security to her community.
And Rachel Kallander, Arctic Encounter Summit founder and CEO, will join us for a review of this year’s convening of global leaders and stakeholders.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848

Council Meeting
2026-04-16 13:30 - 19:30
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council meets today in session. The Executive Session starts at 1:30 PM, and the Open Session begins at 5:30 PM. The Open Session is broadcast live on KIDE 91.3 FM, streamed live on www.kidefm.org, and the KIDE app. There is Zoom access. The Zoom access code is on the attached agenda.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Agenda, please contact Amber Turner, Executive Secretary at 530-625-4211, ext 393.
April 16, 2026 Regular Meeting Agenda

Native America Calling
2026-04-16 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 16 – Eklutna: a trailblazer on gaming and climate change action in Alaska

There are no casinos or lotteries in Alaska. The state has some of the most restrictive gaming laws in the country, but the small Dena’ina Athabascan Village of Eklutna, located in Anchorage’s municipality, is pushing the envelope on tribal gaming rights in the state. The Chin’an Gaming Hall is still open even after a year of legal disputes and threats by the state to close its doors. The village is also at the forefront of climate advocacy in southcentral Alaska. They have been working to restore their river’s namesake and salmon habitat. We’ll speak with the Eklutna’s president, Aaron Leggett, live from the Arctic Encounter Summit in Anchorage, an annual gathering of policymakers, diplomats, Indigenous leaders, and stakeholders.
We’ll also hear from Alaska Native elders and subsistence rights advocates from St. Lawrence Island about whaling and contamination from a former military site on the island.

Native America Calling
2026-04-15 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 15 – Iñupiaq leaders weigh their economic future and oil drilling in the Arctic

President Donald Trump is pushing for more oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic, a decision directly impacting Iñupiaq communities. Millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve were opened for oil and gas leasing and the administration’s reversal of Biden-era protections has the potential to open up the pristine National Wildlife Refuge for leasing and drilling. Some Iñupiaq communities welcome the potential for more oil drilling that promises to boost revenue and jobs for shareholders. Others worry about the environment and their ability to carry on subsistence lifestyles. We’ll get perspectives from Iñupiaq leaders about the future of economic development in the Arctic. We’re broadcasting live from the 2026 Arctic Encounter Summit in Anchorage, Alaska.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Asisaun Toovak (Iñupiaq), mayor of Utqiagvik, Alaska
Pearl Brower (Iñupiaq), president and CEO of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation
Nagruk Harcharek (Iñupiaq), president of the Voices of the Iñupiat

LPA Hearing Cannabis Ordinance
2026-04-14 17:30 - 18:30
This hearing starts at 5:30 PM, Tribal Council Chambers

Native America Calling
2026-04-14 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 14 — Native in the Spotlight: cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce

The work of Margaret Wickens Pearce (Citizen Potawatomi) as a cartographer does not separate Indigenous people, stories, culture, and memory from a place that she is mapping. She works with tribes, Native scientists, and culture keepers to bring forth map layers often overlooked by the mainstream. One of her recent projects, “The Cold at Inuit Nunangat”, maps the ways Inuit protect their homelands in northern Canada and how colonization interferes with that connection. Her current mapping project, “Mississippi Dialogues”, depicts the Mississippi River through the perspective of Indigenous people and their stewardship. Pearce was named a National Geographic 33 in March and has been a National Geographic Explorer since 2022. She is also the recipient of a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship and genius grant and she is our April Native in the Spotlight.
We’ll also visit with photographer and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan (Nanai Hèzhé) about his photography book, “Guardians of Life: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Science, and Restoring the Planet“. The book, which launched in April, is a culmination of photos from his travels to Indigenous communities throughout the globe with a focus on Indigenous connections and stewardship of land.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848

Native America Calling
2026-04-13 10:00 - 11:00
Monday, April 13, 2026 — Tribes confront growing data center development pressure

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is one of the first tribes to pass a moratorium against the construction of hyperscale data centers. The nearby Muscogee Nation also turned down an opportunity to build a data center after Muscogee citizens spoke out in force against the plan. Large tech companies are stepping up the pressure to build hyperscale data centers to house the processing power for data storage and generative AI. The federal government is providing incentives for tribes to get involved in this part of the tech boom. It is part of the Trump administration’s push to unleash American technological power, but such facilities typically require a lot of power and water. Native environmentalists warn data center companies are only looking to take advantage of tribes’ sovereignty and resources.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Cheyenne McNeill (Coharie), editorial fellow at Mother Jones
Jordan Harmon (Muscogee), policy specialist at Indigenous Environmental Network
Ashley Leitka (Absentee Shawnee Tribe and Oglala Lakota), co-director of the sovereignty and self-determination department for Honor The Earth
Dr. Karen Jarratt Snider (Choctaw), professor of applied Indigenous studies at Northern Arizona University

Sunday Breakfast
2026-04-12 08:00 - 11:00
The American Legion Post 415 is serving breakfast at the Legion Hall today from * to 11 AM. On the menu: French Toast, Cook’s Choice breakfast meat, scrambled eggs, fruit, juice, and coffee. $6 per plate. To go or eat in.

Native America Calling
2026-04-09 10:00 - 11:00
Thursday, April 9, 2026 — Roller derby skaters don’t let anyone push them around

Indigenous women skaters shove and elbow their way around the oval roller derby track — and along the way they are finding sisterhood and a sense of pride. Clad in helmets and knee and elbow pads, they take full-contact laps around the track that also serves as an arena for visibility and representation. The international team, Indigenous Rising, is a ground-breaking pack made up of skaters from dozens of tribes who otherwise compete on local teams. The documentary, “Rising Through the Fray”, follows the team’s journey and the personal passions and sacrifice individual players put into this unique and fast-paced sport.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Kristina “Krispy” Glass (Cherokee), coach and manager for Indigenous Rising Roller Derby
Sherry “Sour Cherry” Bontkes (Saulteaux Ojibwe from the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba), roller derby player
Angelene “Niketah” Ketah (Tlingit), roller derby player
Kapulani “Hawaiian Blaze” Patterson (Kanaka Maoli)
Courtney Montour (Kanien’kehá:ka), filmmaker, writer, and director of “Rising Through the Fray”

Native America Calling
2026-04-08 10:00 - 11:00
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 – Tribes scramble to save critical healthcare funding

President Donald Trump’s federal budget proposal includes a 75% funding cut to a diabetes prevention and treatment program specifically for Native Americans. It also calls for up to $65 million in cuts to Indian Health Care facilities improvements. The Republican-controlled Congress has a mixed record on supporting Trump’s budget cuts to Native health care, but the proposals are cause for concern for tribes like Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico that is contending with costly repairs for its aging health clinic. It also comes as the country faces the looming dropoff in Medicaid reimbursements that jeopardizes the future for hundreds of mainly rural hospitals across the country. We’ll assess the threats to Native health care as we know it and other potential challenges that the ongoing shift in federal priorities is bringing to the surface.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Liz Malerba (Mohegan), director of policy and legislative affairs for the United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund
A.C. Locklear (Lumbee), CEO of the National Indian Health Board
Jerilyn Church (Cheyenne River Lakota), president and CEO of the Great Plains Tribal Leader’s Health Board
Kurt Riley (Acoma Pueblo), chairman of the Acoma Pueblo Health Board and former governor of Acoma Pueblo

Native America Calling
2026-04-07 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 7 – Alutiiq Museum tells the story of Alaska Native children sent to Carlisle Indian Boarding School

The Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska is telling the story of 11 children taken from the area and shipped off to the Carlisle Indian Boarding School more than a century ago. The museum was instrumental in securing the return of one of those children who was buried on school grounds. It is part of an ongoing effort by the museum to document and repatriate Alaska Native ancestors under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. We’ll hear about their work.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Dehrich Chya (Alutiiq, Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak), director of language and living culture at the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository
Benjamin Jacuk (Dena’ina Athabascan and Sugpiaq), director of Indigenous research at the Alaska Native Heritage Center
Nyché Andrew (Yup’ik/Iñupiaq)

Native America Calling
2026-04-06 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 6 – What the “conversion therapy” court decision means for LGBTQ2+ protections

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision opens a new path for the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy”, a method aimed at questioning or even changing a person’s sexual orientation. More than 20 states ban the practice. It is condemned by major medial establishments including the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association. LGBTQ2+ advocates at the Trevor Project call the Supreme Court’s ruling a “tragic step backward“. It is also one in the growing number of legal and policy challenges ranging from a ban on Pride flags to defunding HIV/AIDS treatment. We’ll hear from Native LGBTQ and Two-Spirit advocates and legal experts about the landscape for LGBTQ2 protections.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
State Rep. Liish Kozlowski (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/D-MN/they/them), first trans non-binary person elected to the Minnesota Legislature
Shelby Chestnut (Assiniboine/they/he), executive director of the Transgender Law Center
Lenny Hayes (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate/they/he), owner and executive director of Tate Topa Consulting, LLC
Mattee Jim (Diné/she/her), Native transgender advocate

Easter Egg Hunt
2026-04-05 12:00 - 13:30
The Easter Egg Hunt is happening today, rain or shine, starting at 12 Noon in Pookey’s Park. The American Legion & Ladies Auxiliary hosts this event

Native America Calling
2026-04-03 10:00 - 11:00
Today, April 3 – Juno Awards reach new milestones for Indigenous representation

This year’s Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ontario, included historic wins and high-profile performances by Indigenous artists, celebrating their roles as central, defining voices in contemporary Canadian music. Oji-Cree singer-songwriter Aysanabee secured two major honors: Alternative Album of the Year and Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year for his project Edge of the Earth. Veteran powwow group Bear Creek won for Traditional Indigenous Group—their first Juno in a nearly 30-year career. William Prince performed his song For the First Time, and Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq appeared onstage as part of a tribute to Nelly Furtado. We’ll hear more about Indigenous milestones by Indigenous artists at Canada’s biggest celebration of music.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
GUESTS
Aysanabee (Oji-Cree, Sucker Clan of Sandy Lake First Nation)
Jai King-Green (Mississaugas Anishinaabe), singer from the Manitou Mkwa Singers
Joe Syrette (Ojibwe from Batchewana First Nation), head singer for Bear Creek
Yellow Bear Nakota (Nakoda), Indigenous Sioux singer

HVTC Meeting
2026-04-02 13:30 - 19:30
Today, the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council will meet in regular session to address both the March 19th and today’s agendas. The Executive Session begins at 1:30 PM, and the Open Session begins at 5:30 PM in the Neighborhood Facilities Building, Tribal Council Chambers. The Open Session is broadcast live and streamed live on KIDE 91.3 FM and www.kidefm.org. The session is also on Zoom. The Zoom access codes are on the attached agenda.
3.19.26 Rescheduled & Combined w_4.2.26 Agenda
If you have any questions or concerns aboutt the agenda, please contact Amber Turner, Executive Director at 530-625-4211 ext 393, or hvtatuner@gmail.com

Aunties Walk & Talk
2026-04-02 12:00 - 13:00
You are invited to join the weekly Aunties Walk & Talk on Thursdays at the Tish Tang Campgrounds at 12 PM

Council Meeting
2026-04-02 10:00 - 19:00
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council meets in regular sessions today. The Executive Session begins at 10 am, and the Open Session starts at 5:30 PM in the Tribal Council Chambers, Neighborhood Facilities Building, 11860 State Highway 96. The Open Session is broadcast and streamed live on 91.3 FM and www.kidefm.org, respectfully. It is also on the KIDE App, and on Zoom. The Zoom access and the agenda are attached.
If you have any questions or concerns about the agenda, please contact Amber Turner, Executive Secreatary at 530-625-4211 ext. 393.
April 2, 2026 Regular Meeting Agenda
4.2.26 Consent Calendar

Native America Calling
2026-04-02 10:00 - 11:00
Thursday, April 2, 2026 – The promise and curse of social media
The Facebook mobile app on an Android smartphone

A jury convicted Google and social media giant, Meta, of failing to do enough to prevent the harmful effects of their projects on children. Plaintiffs, including several tribes, argued children too young to be on social media platforms are subjected to bullying and suffer poor self-esteem because of content they encounter online. At the same time, retailers are able to strip personal information from young people—and others who use social media. Does social media have any redeeming value? We’ll find out what might change in light of the recent legal decision.

Hupa Family Resources Gift Card
2026-04-02 09:30 - 15:00

Easter Basket Give Away
2026-04-02 09:00 - 15:00

HVTC Meeting Rescheduled
2026-04-02 - 2026-04-03
The regular Hoopa Valley Tribal Council for today has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 2nd. Please see the calendar date April 2, 2026, for the combined agendas.

KTRCD Quarterly Mtg
2026-04-01 18:00 - 20:00
The Klamath Trinity Resource Conservation District is hosting the Quarterly District meeting at the Trading Post today at 6:00 PM. You are welcome to attend and learn about current and future projects. Community input is important; your thoughts are needed.
For more information, contact Allie Hostler at allie.KTRDC@gmail.com

LCAP meets
2026-04-01 17:30 - 19:00
The Klamath Trinity Joint Unified School District is hosting the Local Control and Accounting Plan (LCAP) meeting today at the Hoopa Elementary School at 5:30 PM.
The LCAP is a critical part of the Local Control Funding Formula, LCFF. School Districts must engage parents, students, educators, employees, and the community to establish these plans. The Plans describe the school district’s overall vision for students, annual goals, and specific actions to achieve them. Refreshments are served.

Native America Calling
2026-04-01 10:00 - 11:00
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – Record-setting ‘heat dome’ is harbinger of another unnaturally hot summer
Extreme heat warning sign in Death Valley, California, USA.

The historic heat dome moving across the country smashed hundreds of high temperature records. Several places in Arizona and California reached 112 degrees—an unheard-of high in March. The Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona issued an extreme heat warning after an official high temperature hit 108 degrees. The temporary weather phenomenon is slowly moving on, but not before drying out watersheds and melting snowpack that are critical sources of summer for people and agriculture. And climate experts say the abnormally hot start to the year is only the beginning. We’ll speak with researchers and others who are keeping track of climate trends for the year on what people can expect in the months ahead.
To join the discussion, call 1-800-996-2848
