Dear Native Youth: January 30, 2020 was my last day at the helm of the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute. I’ve transitioned in and out of many meaningful jobs over my career, and this has been the hardest one to leave, but certainly not to say goodbye. Working with all […]
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“You may look around and see desert but to us O’odham, everything you see here is sacred to us: the animals, the sticks, plants, stones… everything is sacred” The Tohono O’odham Nation’s traditional land includes the Sonora Desert, Mexico, Arizona, and California. Today, the United States federally recognized tribe’s reservation is roughly the size of Connecticut and shares a 62-mile […]
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The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous journalists in mainstream media. One of the ways NAJA supports and empowers members is through the annual Native American Journalism Fellowship (NAJF), which is open to current Indigenous, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, First Nations and Métis college students, undergraduate and […]
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Tuesday March 03, 2020, Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) Acting Executive Director, Nikki Pitre and Intern, Helen John attended the Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). During the meeting, Pitre, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, gave a presentation highlighting the outstanding work being done by CNAY’s youth led groups, which included youth from the 2020 Class of Champions for Change, CNAY Youth Advisory Board, and the Cultural Preservation […]
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