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Deadline Approaching – Native American Career Success Acadamy

Niix Pačway! (greetings in the Umatilla language). This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Gen-I Native American Career Success Academy. Deadline to register: January 20, 2017 As part of Generation Indigenous (Gen-I), the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) and the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) have developed the first-ever Gen-I Career Success Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to create successful […]

Jan 4 Gen-I NOW: GenIndigenous Response Fund

ʔi, syaʔyaʔ — (Hello, Friend in the Lushootseed Language)! This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the #GenIndigenous Response Fund. About the Fund Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) is now accepting proposals for funding from the Generation Indigenous (#GenIndigenous) Response Fund. The fund supports youth organizing and activism that responds to current movements — […]

Native Youth Take the Stage at NIEA in Reno

As winners of the first-ever Gen-I Native Education Ideas Contest, Jordan Jimmie and Lillian Alvernaz received an all-expense paid trip to Reno, Nevada, to present their perspectives on improving Native education systems at the National Indian Education Association‘s annual convention. On October 6, Lillian and Jordan joined CNAY’s Erik Stegman and Amber Richardson in leading a session on innovative […]

Alvernaz and Jimmie Win Gen-I Native Education Ideas Contest

Congratulations to Lillian Alvernaz (Sisseton-Wahpeton/Assiniboine) and Jordan Jimmie (Navajo Nation), the two finalists of the Generation Indigenous Native Education Ideas Competition! Both finalists were awarded an all-expense paid trip to Reno, NV to present their ideas at the 47th Annual National Indian Education Association‘s (NIEA) Convention and Trade Show. Alvernaz is a second year law student at University of Montana School […]