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.

KAILAH F.

KAILAH F., 15
NAVAJO

My inspiration for this piece is my culture and family. The colors of my peers represent the medicine wheel. The medicine wheel is very important it represents a lot of things for example the stages of life. I had to deal with a close family member finishing his medicine wheel and finally meeting with the Holy Spirit. He was my grandfather, and he was taken by COVID-19. He is who I get my strength from because he fights against it with all of his strength.

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"I have been told that my dream of helping other Native youth is ridiculous and that I should give up. I realized that negative comments won’t hold me back. I will make my dream a reality."

-Elizabeth Burns,

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Earlier years Champion for Change