The Center for Native American Youth Announces Remembering Our Sisters Fellowship Application Extension

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Washington, DC, March 26, 2021— The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) announced they have extended the application deadline for the Remembering Our Sisters Fellowship to April 2, 2021 at 11:59 pm PST. The fellowship is the first of its kind virtual storytelling and digital arts program created to empower young Indigenous women and femme-identifying leaders (ages 18-24) to raise awareness for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and […]

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“MY PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE”

On March 18, 2020 Center for Native American Youth Executive Director Nikki Pitre was a guest on the “Matter of Fact Listening Tour,” hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The digital tour special centers conversations around identity, race, and justice. “Native American and Indigenous peoples were the first citizens of this land, yet the road to U.S. citizenship […]

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The Center for Native American Youth Announces Community Partnerships to Create Community-Based Youth Recognition Programs.

Washington, DC, March 9, 2021 – The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) has partnered with both the Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) and the  Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) to create two community-based youth recognition programs: MHA Champions for Change on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and Growing into Wowachinyepi on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.    The two programs, modeled after CNAY’s national Champions for Change program, recognize youth leaders, support and elevate their voices, and aid in development of their leadership skills through experience-based learning and tailored […]

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Welcome Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, March 18, 2021 — 10:30am ET CONTACT: Madison Donzis | madison@unbendablemedia.com  TODAY 10:30AM: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to View Congratulatory Billboard as Activists Informally Gather to Praise Her Historic Confirmation Mobile Billboard to Circle Interior Department Offices in DC Celebrating Haaland’s Historic Confirmation as the First Indigenous Woman Cabinet Secretary; Leadership on Public Lands […]

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