The Center for Native American Youth Announces Community Partnerships to Create Community-Based Youth Recognition Programs.

Washington, DC, March 9, 2021 – The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) has partnered with both the Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) and the  Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) to create two community-based youth recognition programs: MHA Champions for Change on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and Growing into Wowachinyepi on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.    The two programs, modeled after CNAY’s national Champions for Change program, recognize youth leaders, support and elevate their voices, and aid in development of their leadership skills through experience-based learning and tailored […]

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Welcome Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, March 18, 2021 — 10:30am ET CONTACT: Madison Donzis | madison@unbendablemedia.com  TODAY 10:30AM: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to View Congratulatory Billboard as Activists Informally Gather to Praise Her Historic Confirmation Mobile Billboard to Circle Interior Department Offices in DC Celebrating Haaland’s Historic Confirmation as the First Indigenous Woman Cabinet Secretary; Leadership on Public Lands […]

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Tele-Native Youth: Our People, Our Future

On January 27th, we resumed our “webinar Wednesday”. We had an outstanding panel of young leaders who conducted an open discussion about our Nation. We asked each panelist what about their hopes for our Nation, and what systems need to be dismantled and changed. And of course, the grounding statement to set the mood, I […]

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