DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Cuts to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> Threaten <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> Stations That Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> & <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a>, Issue Alerts<br> <br>July 18, 2025</p><p>"We speak to Loris Taylor, president of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativePublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativePublicMedia</span></a>, about the Trump administration’s drastic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defunding</span></a> of public media and its impact on tribal nations. Fifty-nine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalRadioStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalRadioStations</span></a> and one tribal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TelevisionStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelevisionStation</span></a> that depend on federal funding will be among the first to face possible closure, putting some of the essential services that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> provides, including warning systems for missing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWomen</span></a> and girls, at risk. </p><p>"Taylor shares how Native-led public media helps preserve <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLanguages</span></a> and helped keep communities informed during the peak of the COVID-19 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a>. She fears that without these same resources and 'with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> increasing, [we] are going to be operating on the margins of information and are not going to have real lifesaving information available to our citizens when they need it most.' "</p><p>Listen / watch / read transcript:<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/public_broadcasting_cuts_native_public_media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/7/18/pub</span><span class="invisible">lic_broadcasting_cuts_native_public_media</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmergencyCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCommunications</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporationForPublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporationForPublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LanguagePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguagePreservation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativePublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativePublic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>