A member of the Blackfeet Tribe (Amskapii Piikani) in Montana, Abbi Fitzpatrick grew up in a reservation border town near the “backbone of the world,” Glacier National Park. The seventeen-year-old dynamo is entering her senior year this fall at Cut Bank High School and dreams of someday attending an Ivy League university. She is both […]
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The Center for Native American Youth partnered with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center for a three-part webinar series on youth empowerment in Indian Country. On June 21, 2017, CNAY and SAMHSA featured 2017 Champion for Change Mariah Gladstone. She discussed her work as founder of Indigikitchen, […]
CONTINUE READINGWednesday, April 26, 2017, Washington, D.C. — After a year of researching and listening to girls, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) published their findings in a series of reports titled Let Her Learn: Stopping School Pushout to address the pushout of girls from schools across the US. These reports include new data from a nationwide survey of 1,000 girls […]
CONTINUE READINGRegistration is open for the Indigenous Women’s Justice Institute and Brenda Hill Consulting for a workshop in Rapid City, SD from March 14-15. About the workshop: Many Native people, young and old, have survived a lifetime of violence that has profoundly impacted their lives in many ways. This workshop will provide participants with information about the […]
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