Native Youth Forum: Culturally Based Leadership Training When: Sunday September 17, 2017 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Where: Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99201, meeting room 1 Who: All middle school-high school age Native youth Free – Register upon arrival AGENDA 9:00 – 10:00am Registration Breakfast…
Portland ATNI Youth Forum: Cultural Based Leadership Training When: Sunday May 21 9:30am – 4:30pm Where: NAYA Family Center 5135 NE Columbia Boulevard Portland, OR 97218 Who: All middle school-high school age Native youth In partnership with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) Youth Committee, Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), Native Rehabilitation…
NYLA trainers with advisory member, Patricia Whitefoot Originally published in the Yakama Nation Review By Josephine Buck There is a new and innovative trend of leadership training in the Northwest. What started in 2009 as a group of Tribal College students and elders, has grown into a national organization that supports the growth of…
photo credit: Trip Jennings VICTORY DANCE! Ancestral Cheyenne Homelands at Naahéo’hé’e (Otter Creek) are closer to being protected by coal development. Arch Coal is one of the World’s top largest coal producers for the global power generation industries and we have stopped them from mining on Cheyenne lands! On March 10th 2016 Arch Coal released a…
(In picture: Nez Perce Youth & community at NYLA training in March 2015) This past March, the Native Youth Leadership Alliance had the honor of providing training on leadership development, direct action skill building, and cultural organizing upon request from the Nez Perce Youth Advisory Board. Some of the Youth Advisory Board’s objectives are to…
Alli Moran (Lakota/Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe), Student at Institute of American Indian Arts Interview by Mariana Harvey WHAT’S POSSIBLE WITH NYLA? NYLA helps strengthen and develop an intertribal community of support. NYLA sets a foundation of how to build across tribal nations. It’s beneficial to build this network for the type of work I want to…
(Ryan weaving abstract Dine’ rug designs on a fence. Photo credit Darin Tom) Ryan Dennison (Dine’), Upcoming student at Dine’ College Interview by Mariana Harvey Yá’át’ééh, Ryan Dennison éí yinishyé. Hooghan Łání éí nishłí. Ta’neeszahnii bá shíshchíín. Tsénabiłnii éí da shicheii. Kinyaa’áanii éí da shinálí. Na’nízhoozhídi éí shighan. Hello, my name is Ryan Dennison. I…
(Paul painting with his son, Tony) Paul Cline (Nooksack/Lummi), Student at Northwest Indian College Interview by Burdette Birdinground WHAT’S POSSIBLE WITH NYLA? The support from all the Northwest NYLA members in our region. The community being close and being able to connect with members and to relate on local issues and support each other in our…
(Labor leader & civil rights activist, Delores Huerta & Anna Diaz-Takes the Shield) Anna Diaz-Takes The Shield (Oglala Lakota), Student at Oglala Lakota College Interview by Jesse Antoine Short Bull With NYLA Anna Diaz-Takes the Shield vision extends beyond her community, she wants to support individuals tackling issues in each district of the Oglala Lakota…
WE ARE NYLA! 1. NYLA invests in young adult (early 20s to early 30s) Native leaders to spark culturally based community change! 2. The NYLA fellowship provides ongoing mentorship and leadership coaching, a nationwide network of young leaders from diverse Tribal communities, elder mentors, local and national retreats, skill building and network building opportunities across…