The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) is excited to launch the first ever Creative Native Call for Art as part of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative! ABOUT CREATIVE NATIVE Creative Native is a new Call for Art that supports young Indigenous artists ages 5-24 years old by providing them an opportunity to receive national recognition, […]
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On May 3-5, CNAY visited Champion for Change Anthony Tamez in Chicago for the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative Urban Native Education Conference. Along with the conference, CNAY enjoyed a tour of Anthony’s home community. Anthony and his family first welcomed CNAY to Chicago with a tour of the Chicago American Indian Center. The AIC is a gathering place for […]
CONTINUE READINGTwenty-four Filipino youth from Mindanao, the southern region of the Philippines, visited CNAY for our first youth roundtable meeting of Summer 2018. The youth were participants from the U.S. State Department’s Philippine Youth Leadership Program (PYLP). In an informal discussion, the visiting young leaders learned more about Indigenous peoples in the U.S., CNAY, and Generation Indigenous. The PYLP youth […]
CONTINUE READINGHau! Hello! in the Lakota language. (pronounced how) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Fertile Ground Leadership Institute! The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and American Heart Association (AHA) are now accepting applications for the Fertile Ground Leadership Institute. Fertile Ground is a leadership development opportunity in which participants explore food sovereignty, […]
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