Click to read the original release in Dakota. ST. PAUL, MN – On Friday, July 27, 2018, Governor Mark Dayton will host the 2018 Minnesota Tribal Youth Gathering at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus. The first-in-the-nation state gathering will bring together Native American youth ages 14 to 24, tribal and state leaders, civic […]
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JAZMINE WILDCAT, 14 “I gotta admit, my résumé is pretty long,” Jazmine tells Teen Vogue. She is a percussionist in the Wyoming all-state marching band, a swimmer, a soccer player, a Science Olympiad member, a volunteer with the Special Olympics, a Gen-I Ambassador with the Center for Native American Youth, an earth ambassador with the United National Indian […]
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The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) is excited to partner with the Mandan Hidatsa & Arikara (MHA) Nation on creating and supporting a local youth recognition program modeled after CNAY’s Champions for Change. Back in February, MHA Education Department staff accompanied two of their youth leaders to DC during CNAY’s “Champ […]
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On March 13, 2018, CNAY Program Manager Nikki Pitre traveled to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA, to participate in a panel on modern Indigenous womanhood. Nikki was invited to share her story and discuss how it led her to the work she does today. The panel was part of a series of campus events celebrating Women’s […]
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