My name is Steven Pahe, and I am a proud member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona. Attending the Nike N7 conference has given the tools and direction that I need to have a solid foundation for the basketball club here on my reservation. I am grateful for the support from my NYLA…
(The above image is of the Nacotchtank/Anacostia, who were native to DC. Anacostia is also the name of the jail we were taken to.) On a late August afternoon, I left Denver to fulfill a week long training request to support one of the Environmental Movements largest civil disobedience actions in Washington DC. The action…
Hello my name is Jesse Antoine Short Bull, an employee of Oglala Lakota College and NYLA member. I wanted to discuss the “Life is Beautiful Poetry Slam” that I had the honor of being apart of. The event was taken to a higher level when NYLA became involved. On Friday April 30th, 2011 at the…
*I read the inspiring ‘The 10 Commitments of Leadership’ online, which sparked a lot of thought. I am sharing this blog post like a journal entry to process how these commitments made me think as a developing leader and our growing movement. Please refer to http://downloads.cas.psu.edu/leadership/pdf/10commitments.pdf In being leaders we make a commitment to seek innovative…
I was just settling in at my sister’s house in Green Bay and I received a call from Dr. Lopez at Comanche Nation College. The topic of this call was to ask me if I wanted to be one of the first graduates from the college. I had already enrolled in a full course load…
BISMARCK, N.D. – KXNews featured NYLA on April 17, 2011 during the AIHEC 2011 Spring Student Conference because of its “Come Share Your Spark” session. The news story featured interviews with NYLA Fellows Johnny Buck and Ray Curtis Yazzie, who talked about the advantages and capacities Native youth have compared to previous generations to address…