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Center for Native American Youth Celebrates Pride

We uplift and celebrate the meaningful contributions of LGBTQ+2S relatives and Native American youth on their journey. The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) honors the sacred path of our LGBTQ+2S relatives, Happy Pride Month. This month, the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute created opportunities for LGBTQ+2S to share their narratives and lived experiences. CNAY invited Native youth to share what about their identity makes them proud. Youth from […]

What Pride Means to Me

By: Vesper Moore (24), They/Them/Theirs, Arawak of The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Borikén. What pride means to me is queer liberation, which I think of as breaking down the patriarchy and dismantling the convention of cis-hetero white supremacy. The Stonewall Uprising were in essence the first pride events these riots against police and establishment […]

“I wrote the proclamation thinking of my little sisters”

By: Christie Wildcat, Northern Arapaho, CNAY Youth Advisory Board Member & 2016 Champion For Change Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) is an issue that can no longer be silenced. Former Champion for Change, Christie Wildcat created a proclamation of MMIWG and presented it to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. “I have three little sisters and it is […]

Our Legacy Continues: The Opening and Debut of the Apsáalooke Women and Warriors Exhibit

By: JoRee LaFrance, Apsáalooke, 2020 Aspen Institute SOAR Fellow & 2018 Generation Indigenous Movement Builders Fellow The Field Museum in Chicago is filled with items such as deceased creatures like 67 million-year-old Sue the T-Rex, mummies telling the secrets of Ancient Egypt, every manner of stuffed bird you can think of, and practically every specimen of […]