“This is what we have been preparing for,” says Public Health Student at NDSU

Ya’at’eeh! My name is Savannah Lee Smith and I am born for the Yucca Fruit Strung Out in a Row Clan of the Navajo people and I am also of Mexican and Black descent. In a few weeks, I will be a graduate of North Dakota State University Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, where […]

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An Open Letter to High School Seniors

By: Alicia Reuben, Nez-Perce, Seminole, Menominee, & Muskogee, senior at Clearwater Valley High School Dear High School Seniors, This pandemic that we are going through is confusing, frustrating, and so many more negative feelings. But it is also so much more than that. It is a time for all of us to grow, find ourselves, […]

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National Awareness Day for our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

The crisis of missing and murdered Native women and girls is alarming and a tragic reflection of the spectrum of violence committed against Native women and girls. Federal statistics report the murder rate of American Indian women on some reservations is more than ten times the national average. Domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking […]

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CNAY’s Youth Advisory Board Members Receive UNITY’s 25 Under 25 Award

Washington, D.C., May 04, 2020 – The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) celebrates with UNITY, Inc. recognizing three members of our Youth Advisory Board (YAB) as recipients of UNITY’s 25 Under 25. This is UNITY’s fourth class in their national recognition program honoring outstanding Native American and Alaskan Native youth leaders. We are thrilled to celebrate the work of our Youth […]

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