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.

Lillian R.

12, Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe, Pueblo San Juan De Guadalupe

My art piece is of my tribe’s dress. I wanted all the features of the dress and face paint to stand out so the face is darker. Art lets me be close to my tribe even though I don”t live in Las Cruces. It is a watercolor painting.

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"Losing or not having tradition leaves an empty space that gets filled too often with poor choices. If we are listening to our elders, dancing, drumming, hunting, and picking berries, we are not drinking or doing drugs, and our traditions stay strong."

-Samuel Schimmel,

Kenaitze/St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik, 2017 Champion for Change