As winners of the first-ever Gen-I Native Education Ideas Contest, Jordan Jimmie and Lillian Alvernaz received an all-expense paid trip to Reno, Nevada, to present their perspectives on improving Native education systems at the National Indian Education Association‘s annual convention. On October 6, Lillian and Jordan joined CNAY’s Erik Stegman and Amber Richardson in leading a session on innovative […]
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The Center for Native American partnered with Columbia University to offer a full tuition scholarship for one Native student to attend the Columbia Summer Program. The program enables students to choose a field of study and explore the topic in-depth for six weeks on campus. This year’s CNAY-Columbia scholar was Maria Walker, a high school junior from […]
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For his GEN-I challenge, Rodney Dakota Strickland (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina), organized a three-day leadership workshop called Native Youth Seeking Knowledge (NYSK) for 18 Native American students across his county. The program focused on building leadership skills such as public speaking, communication and teamwork, and specific strategies for how they can implement these skills […]
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Persephone Eastman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) used her Gen-I Challenge as a platform to mobilize her friends in a youth group called the Damakota and to vocalize her beliefs regarding the ‘Redmen’ mascot of a local school in her area. Persephone paid a visit to the school’s board meeting to speak out against the mascot’s name, […]
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