Image Courtesy of IllumiNative July 8, 2020 Dear Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell, As Native American youth, we live and thrive well beyond any caricature or stereotype. We look toward a future where we only see ourselves manifested in power and brilliance. Yet, for decades, Native American youth have lived in the shadows […]
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By: Autumn Adams, Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Nation, Center for Native American Youth’s Youth Advisory Board Member and 2019 Champion for Change I struggle every year with how to explain the Fourth of July to my sister. When she was seven years old, the only thing she understood was being allowed to […]
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Each year The Center for Native American Youth’s (CNAY) Youth Advisory Board (YAB) holds elections for the positions for Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. Amid a global pandemic this year’s election process included new ways for the board members to connect with their potential executive cabinet. On Friday May 29th, CNAY hosted its first of its kind virtual […]
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Washington, D.C., May 04, 2020 – The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) celebrates with UNITY, Inc. recognizing three members of our Youth Advisory Board (YAB) as recipients of UNITY’s 25 Under 25. This is UNITY’s fourth class in their national recognition program honoring outstanding Native American and Alaskan Native youth leaders. We are thrilled to celebrate the work of our Youth […]
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