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CNAY Goes to Carlisle for the First Ever Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Conference

October 3, 2018 – CNAY staff attended the first ever Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Conference held in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The conference brought together leaders from academia, service-providers, and survivors of residential schools to discuss the lasting impacts these school have had on our peoples. During the conference, CNAY gave voice to the present day […]

A Voice For Our Youth: Juvenile Justice Roundtable Speakers

The Center for Native American Youth and Colorado Juvenile Defender Center are proud to co-host a roundtable on Native youth and the juvenile justice system on Friday, August 24, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Youth panelists for this event include Isabel Coronado, Sonwai Wakayuta, and Reuban Abeita. Isabel Coronado is a citizen of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation. Her clan is […]

2019 Champions Honored at Panel Event and Annual Reception

On Tuesday, February 12, the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) hosted a public panel and an annual reception celebrating the 2019 Class of the Champions for Change, Adam, Autumn, Charitie, Madi, and Shandiin. The public panel event was held at the Aspen Institute in Washington D.C. and featured an introduction by CNAY Board Member […]

Native Youth #OptOutside

The Gen-I #OptOutside Call to Action is part of The Center for Native American Youth’s partnership with REI to continue to build platforms for Native youth leaders to advocate for the protection of lands, sacred sites, and waterways. This collaboration highlights how stewardship of the outdoors is central to the value systems and cultures of […]