Every year the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) hosts the Creative Native Call for Art competition founded by Crow artist and former CNAY Newman’s Own Foundation Fellow, Del Curfman. Creative Native was created with the intention of providing a space and support for Indigenous artists ages 5-24 years old. In its fourth year, fifty […]
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The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) was fortunate to partner with the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute this Native American Heritage Month. On November 16th, the panel event, An Indigenous Approach to Sustainability, centered the advocacy and perspective of Native youth. The discussion was moderated by Evan Shea, a current graduate student at the University of Michigan. CNAY Youth Advisory […]
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The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) focused on celebrating the resilience and strength of youth this Native American Heritage Month. This November, CNAY was fortunate to partner with FilmRise to discuss the film, Beans, with Paulina Alexis (Nakota Sioux Nation). Beans is the critically acclaimed coming-of-age story that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. […]
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The Center for Native American Youth’s (CNAY) Remembering Our Sisters Fellowship was created to increase visibility and action to address the MMIWG2S+ epidemic and advance policy to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and two spirits. For the last 6-months, a group of young, like-minded Indigenous femme-identifying leaders have dedicated their time and efforts into developing a comprehensive understanding of the […]
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