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.

TYRA BLACKWATER

DINÉ/NAVAJO
AGE: 20

Tyra Blackwater, a member of the Navajo Nation from the Red Bottom People and Between his Sleeves clans. Tyra is a student at Stanford University exploring the connections between art, science and society. She works to reclaim spaces for queer and femme Indigenous youth, using art and poetry as a tool to promote the visibility of suppressed identities.

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"Donating time to work with Native youth, no matter how much or how little, is still time that could make a huge difference."

-Danielle Finn,

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Earlier years Champion for Change