Washington, DC, January 08, 2020 — The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) welcomes its eighth cohort of CNAY Champions for Change (Champions) to Washington, DC, next month. This marks the first convening of the year–long leadership program. The 2020 Champions include Owen L. Oliver (Quinault (Chinook) Indian Nation & Isleta Pueblo), Jazmine […]
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August 19-20, 2019 | Sioux City, Iowa – Native Organizers Alliance (NOA) partnered with CNAY to send four youth leaders to the Native American Presidential Forum in Iowa. MBF Fellow Jarrette Werk, and YAB members Nancy Deere-Turney, Isabel Coronado, and Rory Wheeler met in Sioux City to volunteer at the Forum. Eleven Presidential candidates took […]
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August 25-27, 2019 | Seattle, WA – Nancy Deere-Turney, Msvkoke, YAB Chairwoman The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) has built a home for our Youth Advisory Board (YAB). At the end of August, the Youth Advisory Board gathered for the first in person convening, which provided the opportunity to see each other face to […]
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The 2nd Annual Creative Native Call for Art is sponsored by the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). This year we are excited to announce the deadline has been extended to September 20, 2019 11:59 PM EST. Creative Native is a call for art that supports young Indigenous artists ages […]
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