Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota

10/11/2016

07/26/2016

Hello everyone! Just a notice that our website is temporarily out of service, but should be back up and running soon. If you need to contact NYAM, please send me a message here. Miigwech/Thank you!

06/29/2016

The Native Youth Alliance if MN is seeking a new Executive Director!

Summary
The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota. The ED reports to the Board of Directors. The ED is responsible for overall progressive management and successful operation of the Native Youth Alliance of
Minnesota. The ED will protect the organization’s financial assets and be responsible for theconsistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives, while ensuring compliance with board directives, applicable grantor, and tribal, federal and state requirements.

Please contact Haley Brickner at [email protected] for a full job description and to apply.

05/05/2016

The Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota Board of Directors Meeting will be on Friday May 13, 2016 from 9AM - 2PM at the NYAM Office in Minneapolis (located inside the Ancient Traders Market at 1113 E. Franklin Avenue Suite 103).

03/17/2016

"Why Treaties Matter" Minnesota Traveling Exhibition will be making a stop at the Minnesota Judicial Center tomorrow, Friday, March 18. The event is free, open to all, and no RSVP is required. For more information:
(651) 296-6043 or [email protected]

03/15/2016

The Young Native Writers Essay Contest is now open! Native high school students are encouraged to apply. Winners receive a $2,500 scholarship and an opportunity to travel to Washington, DC for an all expenses paid trip to the US Capitol! For more information, visit the website.

The Young Native Writers Essay Contest is a writing contest for Native American high school students and is designed to encourage young Native Americans to write about their experiences as a member of a Native American community and the culture that inspires them. The voices that emerge from this pr…

03/04/2016

Native youth interested in food and farming? Apply by March 15th to attend the Great Lakes Native Youth in Food & Ag Summit. The event will be hosted April 21-24 at the Gun Lake Pottawatomi's Jijak Foundation camp in conjunction with the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit. Application forms are available at: http://www.jijak.org/youth-summit/.

Applications are open for the Great Lakes Native Youth in Food & Ag Summit through March 15th. The event will be held at Gun Lake Pottawatomi's Jijak Camp in conjunction with the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit from April 21-41.

Application forms are available at: http://www.jijak.org/youth-summit/

03/03/2016

Native youth, ages 15 - 18, with interest in studying abroad should check out this no cost three week program coordinated by Partners of the Americas and funded by the U.S. Department of State. Application deadline has been extended to March 10.

Cíkánó (Hello in the Koasati Language)! chee-KAH-NO This NOW message shares information about the US Department of State: Partners of the Americas Program! Partners brings together youth, ages 15& #…

03/02/2016

Our next bi-monthly Board & Member meeting is on Friday, March 11 from 11am-3pm at White Earth Tribal and Community College. Miigwech to Boys & Girls Clubs of White Earth Reservation for coordinating and hosting.

03/02/2016

United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc., also known as UNITY, in partnership with the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will be hosting a free youth leadership training, "Today's Native Leaders" (TNL), at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel from April 15-17, 2016. There is no registration fee! They have space for up to 120 Native youth and their advisers on a first come first serve basis. The TNL registration forms for the training session are available at:

http://unityinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/TNL-MN-Registration-Forms.pdf