EllaMae Looney is 17 years old and an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of
the Yakima Nation. This year, she will graduate from Nixyaawii Community School in Pendleton,
OR. In the fall, EllaMae will attend University of Oregon on a full scholarship, where she will study linguistics to support more language preservation
for her community.
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When Champion for Change Mariah Gladstone was a young girl, she had a dream about cookies and
her mom helped bring them to real life. She still dreams about food and turns them into recipes, only now, she produces her own cooking show called
Indigikitchen. In this episode of Toasted Sister, a podcast about Native American foods, Mariah talks about the Blackfeet diet and how sacrifices from her ancestors
paid for her existence. View the original post here.
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February 11-15, 2018 marked the seventh annual “Champ Week”, a time for the newly-named Champions for Change to join the Center for Native American Youth
in Washington, DC for a week of advocacy, action, and celebration.
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According to the 2010 US Census, approximately 5.2 million self-identified American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) live in the U.S., of whom 2 million qualify for federal services.
"My initiative not only brings life back to the traditional and endangered sport of war canoe racing, it honors our elders and brings back the teachings and practices of our schlengen -- our way of life."
- Hamilton Seymour, Nooksack Indian Tribe, 2015 Champion for Change
