A member of the Blackfeet Tribe (Amskapii Piikani) in Montana, Abbi Fitzpatrick grew up in a reservation border town near the “backbone of the world,” Glacier National Park. The seventeen-year-old dynamo is entering her senior year this fall at Cut Bank High School and dreams of someday attending an Ivy League university. She is both […]
CONTINUE READINGIn September 2017, CNAY staff visited the Akwesasne Mohawk community in northern New York to explore existing and potential supports for the local Two-Spirit community. Josie and Amber met with community members, service providers, and two of CNAY’s Two Spirit Project Advisory Panel (PAP) Members to gather varying perspectives on what is needed to support […]
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Washington, D.C. — As part of our commitment to supporting indigenous youth across the country and internationally, the Center for Native American Youth frequently meets with international indigenous youth and those who support them. Our staff met with two Australian visitors working on youth empowerment and Aboriginal youth issues in their home countries […]
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On Tuesday, August 29, Generation Indigenous partnered with StrongHearts Native Helpline and Native Love to host a Tweet Circle chat to discuss teen dating violence and healthy relationships among Native youth. Joining the chat was Jazmyn Espinoza, a Gen-I Youth Ambassador, 2015 Champion for Change, and advocate for sexual assault survivors. Native youth, educational and advocacy organizations, schools, and others were incited to join […]
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