Ya’at’eeh! My name is Savannah Lee Smith and I am born for the Yucca Fruit Strung Out in a Row Clan of the Navajo people and I am also of Mexican and Black descent. In a few weeks, I will be a graduate of North Dakota State University Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, where […]
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The Center for Native American Youth, in partnership with Columbia University’s Summer Immersion Program for High School Students, selected one Native high school student to attend a 3-week online pre-college program during summer 2020. CNAY has been grateful for our partnership with Columbia University and their recognition of the talents, strength, and knowledge Native youth […]
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By: Alicia Reuben, Nez-Perce, Seminole, Menominee, & Muskogee, senior at Clearwater Valley High School Dear High School Seniors, This pandemic that we are going through is confusing, frustrating, and so many more negative feelings. But it is also so much more than that. It is a time for all of us to grow, find ourselves, […]
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The crisis of missing and murdered Native women and girls is alarming and a tragic reflection of the spectrum of violence committed against Native women and girls. Federal statistics report the murder rate of American Indian women on some reservations is more than ten times the national average. Domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking […]
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