The Horatio Alger National Scholarship Program is a need-based $25,000 college scholarship that aims to assists high school students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their young lives. The National Scholarship is awarded to eligible students in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. National Scholars receive an all-expenses paid […]
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In October, CNAY staff Nikki Pitre traveled to Anchorage to present at First Alaskan Institute’s 35th Annual Elders and Youth Conference. This year’s theme was Our Ancestors are Fire. There were over 2,000 attendees from throughout the state of Alaska. The conference featured elder keynotes as well as youth keynotes and was an inspiring event. […]
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On October 7th, CNAY’s Associate Director Nikki Pitre and Newman’s Own Foundation Fellow Jennifer Peacock visited the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nation’s (MHA) second annual Culture is Cool event in White Shield, North Dakota on the Fort Berthold reservation. CNAY staff facilitated a breakout session focused on the power of personal story for youth. The […]
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George Washington University’s Native American Political Leadership Program (NAPLP) is a full scholarship for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students who want to study in Washington, DC for a semester It is open to undergraduate and graduate students, including students who have finished their undergraduate degree, but have not yet enrolled in a […]
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