National Awareness Day for our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The crisis of missing and murdered Native women and girls is alarming and a tragic reflection of the spectrum of violence committed against Native women and girls. Federal statistics report the murder...
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An Open Letter to High School Seniors
By: Alicia Reuben, Nez-Perce, Seminole, Menominee, & Muskogee, senior at Clearwater Valley High School Dear High School Seniors, This pandemic that we are going through is confusing, frustrating,...
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Announcing the 2020 CNAY-Columbia Scholars
The Center for Native American Youth, in partnership with Columbia University’s Summer Immersion Program for High School Students, selected one Native high school student to attend a 3-week online...
View Article“This is what we have been preparing for,” says Public Health Student at NDSU
Ya’at’eeh! My name is Savannah Lee Smith and I am born for the Yucca Fruit Strung Out in a Row Clan of the Navajo people and I am also of Mexican and Black descent. In a few weeks, I will be a...
View ArticleCNAY and Brown University’s Online Summer Scholarship 2020
The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) has partnered with Brown University Pre-College Programs to award two full-tuition scholarships for Native high school students. This...
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Tele-Native Youth Webinar Series
Tele-Native Youth is an ongoing webinar series made by Native youth, for Native youth. Every other Wednesday, you can hear youth speaking with professionals in the field on topics amid COVID-19 such...
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Our Legacy Continues: The Opening and Debut of the Apsáalooke Women and...
By: JoRee LaFrance, Apsáalooke, 2020 Aspen Institute SOAR Fellow & 2018 Generation Indigenous Movement Builders Fellow The Field Museum in Chicago is filled with items such as deceased creatures...
View ArticleCNAY and Brown University’s Online Summer Scholarship 2020 EXTENDED
The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) has partnered with Brown University Pre-College Programs to award two full-tuition scholarships for Native high school students. This...
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“I wrote the proclamation thinking of my little sisters”
By: Christie Wildcat, Northern Arapaho, CNAY Youth Advisory Board Member & 2016 Champion For Change Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) is an issue that can no longer be...
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Native Youth Resources for COVID-19
Across Indian Country, we are witnessing tribal leaders and national Native organizations taking action to protect and position Native nations to see a better tomorrow. In order to take care of...
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CNAY Announces new Associate Director of Research & Evaluation
It is with great enthusiasm that we share CNAY has hired Dr. Billie Jo Kipp as our new Associate Director of Research & Evaluation. Dr. Kipp, Blackfeet Tribe of Montana, holds a Ph.D. in clinical...
View ArticleNational Awareness Day for our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The crisis of missing and murdered Native women and girls is alarming and a tragic reflection of the spectrum of violence committed against Native women and girls. Federal statistics report the murder...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Open Letter to High School Seniors
By: Alicia Reuben, Nez-Perce, Seminole, Menominee, & Muskogee, senior at Clearwater Valley High School Dear High School Seniors, This pandemic that we are going through is confusing, frustrating,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing the 2020 CNAY-Columbia Scholars
The Center for Native American Youth, in partnership with Columbia University’s Summer Immersion Program for High School Students, selected one Native high school student to attend a 3-week online...
View Article“This is what we have been preparing for,” says Public Health Student at NDSU
Ya’at’eeh! My name is Savannah Lee Smith and I am born for the Yucca Fruit Strung Out in a Row Clan of the Navajo people and I am also of Mexican and Black descent. In a few weeks, I will be a...
View ArticleCNAY and Brown University’s Online Summer Scholarship 2020
The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute (CNAY) has partnered with Brown University Pre-College Programs to award two full-tuition scholarships for Native high school students. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tele-Native Youth Webinar Series
Tele-Native Youth is an ongoing webinar series made by Native youth, for Native youth. Every other Wednesday, you can hear youth speaking with professionals in the field on topics amid COVID-19 such...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Legacy Continues: The Opening and Debut of the Apsáalooke Women and...
By: JoRee LaFrance, Apsáalooke, 2020 Aspen Institute SOAR Fellow & 2018 Generation Indigenous Movement Builders Fellow The Field Museum in Chicago is filled with items such as deceased creatures...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“I wrote the proclamation thinking of my little sisters”
By: Christie Wildcat, Northern Arapaho, CNAY Youth Advisory Board Member & 2016 Champion For Change Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) is an issue that can no longer be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Native Youth Resources for COVID-19
Across Indian Country, we are witnessing tribal leaders and national Native organizations taking action to protect and position Native nations to see a better tomorrow. In order to take care of...
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