Creative Native Call For Art Deadline Extended

The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) is excited to launch the first ever Creative Native Call for Art as part of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative! ABOUT CREATIVE NATIVE Creative Native is a new Call for Art that supports young Indigenous artists ages 5-24 years old by providing them an opportunity to receive national recognition, […]

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​ CNAY Hosts Filipino Youth Leaders in Washington, D.C.

Twenty-four Filipino youth from Mindanao, the southern region of the Philippines, visited CNAY for our first youth roundtable meeting of Summer 2018. The youth were participants from the U.S. State Department’s Philippine Youth Leadership Program (PYLP). In an informal discussion, the visiting young leaders learned more about Indigenous peoples in the U.S., CNAY, and Generation Indigenous. The PYLP youth […]

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5/2 Gen-I NOW: Fertile Ground

Hau! Hello! in the Lakota language. (pronounced how) This Gen-I Native Opportunities Weekly (NOW) message shares information about the Fertile Ground Leadership Institute!  The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and American Heart Association (AHA) are now accepting applications for the Fertile Ground Leadership Institute. Fertile Ground is a leadership development opportunity in which participants explore food sovereignty, […]

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CNAY and NAFOA Hosts the Second Annual Gen-I Career Success Leadership Summit

Sunday, April 22, 2018 New Orleans, LA – Following the success of the first year of the Native American Success Academy and Gen-I Career Success Fellowship, the Center for Native American Youth and the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) have partnered again for 2018 with an improved NACSA curriculum and a second cohort of fellows. Over 110 Native […]

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