2019 Creative Native Art Contest Winners

Congratulations to all the category winners of this year’s Creative Native art contest! You can view all of the 2019 submissions here on our online Creative Native gallery. Aydrian 9 years old Hochunk, Ojibwe, Odawa, Bodewadmi, & Lakota My name is Aydrian. I am 9 years old. My Anishinaabe name is Northern Lights Sky Dancer. Before I was […]

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Native Now Youth Campaign

October 10, 2019 – IllumiNative, a national Native-led nonprofit organization, in partnership with the Center for Native American Youth and Generation-Indigenous, and with the support of Decolonizing Wealth and Native Americans in Philanthropy, kicked-off Native Now campaign- a campaign designed and implemented by Native youth to amplify today’s Native voices. The campaign was created at the […]

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Erik Stegman Receives Award from Native Americans in Philanthropy for Commitment to Native American Youth

Washington, DC, October 7, 2019—Erik Stegman, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth was selected as the 2019 recipient of the Native Americans in Philanthropy’s (NAP) #GenerationIndigenous Award. This inaugural award celebrates his commitment to Native American youth.  “I’m truly honored to receive this award and I’m proud that CNAY is seen as a valued partner with philanthropy,” stated Stegman. […]

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Native Organizers Alliance & CNAY Send Youth to Native American Presidential Forum

August 19-20, 2019 | Sioux City, Iowa – Native Organizers Alliance (NOA) partnered with CNAY to send four youth leaders to the Native American Presidential Forum in Iowa.  MBF Fellow Jarrette Werk, and YAB members Nancy Deere-Turney, Isabel Coronado, and Rory Wheeler met in Sioux City to volunteer at the Forum. Eleven Presidential candidates took […]

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