In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Center for Native American Youth will release its 2019 State of Native Youth Report with a youth panel event at The Aspen Institute on November 20, 2019 from 12:00-1:30 PM. Featured speakers will include Native youth leaders who will share their insights about the policy and issues that impact them as well as work being done to address these […]
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The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) is encouraging Native youth to apply to be a 2020 Champions for Change (CFC). For the past eight years, CNAY has celebrated and uplifted youth who are inspiring positive change through the Champions for Change program. Champions for Change will receive tailored training, support, and experience-based learning. All applicants, regardless of […]
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Qaneryararput Yugtun Piniqerput. Qaneryararput Cugtun Kayuq-erput In October, Sam Schimmel and Nikki Pitre traveled to Fairbanks for the 36th Annual Elders & Youth Conference hosted by the First Alaskans Institute. The First Alaskans Institute helps develop the capacities of Alaska Native people and their communities to meet the social, economic, and educational challenges of the […]
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In 2018, the Center for Native American Youth launched its first ever Creative Native call for art, an art contest to support Indigenous artists ages 5-24 years old by providing them an opportunity to receive national recognition, funding for art supplies, and a $200 prize. This year, CNAY partnered with the National Congress of American Indians […]
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