Host Shawn Spruce attributes the show’s success to finding cohesive themes for Native communities coast-to-coast, while also recognizing the nuances and differences that exist across Native America.
President Joe Biden presents Jaclyn Sallee, on behalf of Native America Calling, with the 2021 National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of The White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
Spruce is Laguna Pueblo. He told KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon that he felt conflicted being at the White House as a Native person.“Because you know the history there, you know where the building stands,” he said. “But at the same time, we’re Americans, and I’m proud, proud to be an American. And that day there in the White House, I’ve never been prouder to be there in that setting.”
Native America Calling is a production of Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, based in Anchorage. The daily call-in radio show has been around for almost 30 years. It airs on 139 stations, and more than half of them are Native-owned or controlled.
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