Center for Native American Youth Announces New Board of Advisors Chair Allison Binney and Vice Chair Sam McCracken

Celebrating 10 years, the Center for Native American Youth’s Board of Advisors unanimously voted in favor of a new Chair and Vice Chair. Washington, DC, May 18, 2021 — The Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute has new leadership in their Board of Advisors. Allison Binney, Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, and Sam McCracken, Fort Peck […]

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Open Letter to Native Youth: Indigenous Mental Health

Dear Native Youth, Is there such a thing as Indigenous mental health? I hold that we do not yet fully know what such a construct will look like. What would the restoration of Indigenous mental health look like when returned to an uncolonized healthy state?  Indigenous people are a part of the modern world and Indigenous […]

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CNAY Shares Results of the Something Else Survey

On the heels of the Indigenous Futures Survey, the Center for Native American Youth, Native Organizers Alliance and IllumiNative along with researchers from the University of Michigan and UC Berkley created another survey, the “Something Else Survey”. We conducted the Something Else Survey to ensure that after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Native voices are […]

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