Eligibility: Applicants must:
To Apply: Complete the online application and
be prepared to discuss what the following topics mean to you through brief written responses (100-200 words):
Note: Please enter “Center for Native American Youth” as the nominating organization on your application.
Questions? Email Bettina Gonzalez bettina.gonzalez@aspeninstitute.org or CJ Goulding cj@childrenandnature.org.
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.
"We need to be sensitive and open to challenges that students face across Indian Country in everything we do. Every Native student can grow successfully with a rewiring of our curricula, more appropriate standards, and increasing individualized attention in education systems."