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Apsáalooke Youth Create Murals to Encourage Tribal Members to Take Census

JoRee LaFrance, Apsáalooke, 2020 Aspeninstitute SOAR Fellow, and 2018 Generation Indigenous Movement Builders Fellow, collaborated with Apsáalooke artists Ben Pease to create a mural which displays Apsáalooke colors and designs that would help bridge arts and civic engagement and get tribal members interested in completing the #2020Census. “Ben Pease is creating a mural at ammaaíisshiwuua in Crow Agency that will display Apsáalooke colors and […]

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Self-Love Bingo Challenge

The Center for Native American Youth, Native Wellness Institute, THRIVE and We R Native recently launched the ‘Native Youth Are Medicine’ campaign. This campaign aims to spark conversations around mental health, self-love, and to create youth-centered spaces to share practices that promote healing, wellness, and tools to live in balance. Join Team CNAY for the #SelfLoveBingo Challenge! You have until […]

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“And always remember, even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise to another day.”

Content Warning: this blog mentions suicide and contains personal experiences and stories of personal hardship. The purpose is to destigmatize mental health and to embrace, love and empower young people. CNAY is proud to provide young leaders agency in narrative sharing and empower them in sharing their truth. Below is a blog written by CNAY Youth […]

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“It’s the most natural path for me to understand the world, to understand my culture, and to understand myself.”

By: Koloikeao Anthony, Native Hawaiian, Generation Indigenous Census Organizer Talking to many of the grown-ups in my life today, I’m always asked “why do you still do art and why haven’t you moved on to a more real-world, money-making trade?” Always, my answer to this question is that I create because I have to; it’s just […]

Apsáalooke Youth Create Murals to Encourage Tribal Members to Take Census

Self-Love Bingo Challenge

“And always remember, even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise to another day.”

“It’s the most natural path for me to understand the world, to understand my culture, and to understand myself.”

-Vanessa Goodthunder,