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.

Savannah F.

8, Sicangu & Hunkpapa Lakota

I made a design of all the different things I love that make me me & happy. Like polka dots, watermelon, jingle dresses, friendship bracelets, the pool, the 4 directions, cats, writing in cursive, butterflies, colors, leaves and the fall, the jingle on the jingle dress, birthdays, and the graphic novel Wings of Fire. I am many different things, and have many different pieces of who I am as a young Native girl discovering who I am.

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"I want to see today’s youth go out into the world, motivate others, and gain an education to make a true difference in their communities."

-Keith Martinez,

Oglala Lakota Sioux , Earlier years Champion for Change