We are the Center for Native American Youth

Our Vision is for all Native American youth to lead full and healthy lives, to have equal access to opportunity, and to draw strength from their culture and inspire one another.

Cheyenne Kippenberger

Communications Coordinator
EMAIL:CHEYENNE.KIPPENBERGER@ASPENINSTITUTE.ORG

Cheyenne is a citizen of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Chilean. Her grandmother named her Eete, which means Fire. She is passionate about sustaining Indigenous culture, healing her community, and empowering future generations. Cheyenne strives for authenticity and to live a healthy life physically, mentally, and spiritually through prayer, self-care, and practicing her cultural ways of life. She takes pride in serving her people and envisions an unapologetically Indigenous future!

Cheyenne is honored to be part of the CNAY team in her position as Communications Coordinator and hopes to help further the CNAY mission.

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“I overcame statistics that said I shouldn’t graduate, and am doing my best to ‘break the cycle’ in other ways too. I want Native youth to know that no matter what their past is, they can turn it around and make something of their future.”

-Shawna Garza,

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma , 2018 Champion for Change