7/12 Gen-I NOW: BIA Virtual Student Internships Yá’át’ééh (Hello in the Navajo Language) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Bureau of Indian Affairs partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Virtual Student Foreign Service program! All application materials must be submitted by July 26, 2017 . ABOUT: The Virtual Student Foreign Service program is offering […]
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Thursday, May 4, 2017, Washington, D.C. — Twenty-eight Filipino youth from Mindanao, the southern region of the Philippines, participating in the Philippine Youth Leadership Program visited with CNAY at the Aspen Institute. In a roundtable discussion, the visiting young leaders learned more about indigenous peoples in the U.S., CNAY, and Generation Indigenous. Sponsored by Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of State, the […]
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Meet Maka Monture, Gen-I Youth Ambassador. Maka, 23 years old, is Tlingit and Mohawk from Yakutat, Alaska, and currently resides in Anchorage.Maka has been involved with environmental issues since high school and is a recipient of various awards and keynote speaking opportunities for her efforts as an environmental activist. Maka helps manage the Arctic Youth Ambassadors […]
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Óki (Hello in the Blackfeet language)! This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Police & Youth Engagement Project: Supporting the Role of Law Enforcement in Juvenile Justice Reform hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The OJJDP, in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs […]
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