Ryan Dennison
Dine’My vision and goals are to open a co-op venue with community members to host art shows, concerts, produce recording sessions and other multi-media ideas
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Noelani Villa
KawMy life is not my opportunity to waste, it is an opportunity forged by the struggle and sacrifice of those who came before me; it is because of their sacrifice I feel the urgency to “pay it forward.”
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Whiteclay (Gros-Ventre)/Chippewa Cree/BlackfeetMy schooling and personal experiences helped shape my goal to help make our Native communities healthier.
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Dineh'My love for our ways of life, our people, and land comes from my ancestors, and what they fought for so that we could have what is left of our culture and land; and this is where most of my inspiration comes from.
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Lakota/Cheyenne River Sioux TribeEducation is knowledge and knowledge is sacred. I hope to utilize my education by progressing onto law school and to start my own law firm on my reservation that will provide services and opportunities to tribal members.
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Dine'I gather my strength and focus from my close relations, Diné teachings, and also from the concept of water.
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Northern CheyenneCurrently my personal focus is on Cheyenne History and Cultural Preservation, my educational focus involves subjects around Cultural Resource Preservation.
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Oglala LakotaOne of my main goals for my community is to unite them and to give the youth the hope that there is more to life than sitting around and looking for trouble.I think this can be done through education.
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Oglala LakotaWith all of the opportunities and networks I’ve been able to gain because of NYLA, I am able to see a brighter future for my community and myself.
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Dakota/Crow Creek Sioux Tribe…I realized all the different types of health disparities American Indians are subjected to. This reignited that spark within me and I realized my passion is to help my people in the realm of oral health.
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