Supporting Youth Identity: We R Native! - April 14th, 2021, 10:00-11:30 am PST
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Supporting Youth
Identity:
We R Native!
April 14th, 2021, 10:00-11:30 am PST
Let us Start
with a
Blessing
“If you’ve never been oppressed it’s
hard to contextualized. ”
-Lockstock
2
Yá'át'ééh! Keshi! Hello!
Jeremy Fields Thomas Lee Sacha Smith Leroy “Buster” Silva
Pawnee, Crow, Chickasaw Southern Ute/Diné (she/ her) Pueblo of Laguna (he/ him)
Ghost Dog, Jr.
(he/ him)
Burns Paiute, Oglala Sioux I love playing golf and being I love Traveling and Coffee!
I love seeing my people (he/ him) outdoors. leroy@nb3f.org
empowered. I love bowling. Sacha@nb3f.org
jeremy@thriveunltd.com tghostdog@npaihb.org
3
Live Virtual Training Logistics
Logistics Engagement
● You are muted ● Padlet Activity
● If comfortable, share ● Chat box
video ● Icons (Zoom & More)
4
Welcome,
Welcome,
Place your screenshot here Welcome!
Please introduce yourself in
the chat box. Include your:
★ Name, Pronouns
★ Tribe/ Organization
★ Where are you from?
★ Maternal/ Paternal
Relatives
★ Email address 5
For Adults:
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$30 Card
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★ Tips & Resources for Talking to
Youth About Sexual Health
★ Need some help getting the
convo started?
6
Group Agreements
★ Participate Fully
★ Delay Distractions
★ Honor Different Experiences
★ Be Brave & Explore
★ Others? (Type in the chat)
7
We’ve Got
Goals!
By the end of today’s session, you
will be able to...
★ explain the importance of
affirming Native youth
identity
★ identify ways to incorporate
and support Native youth
identity into existing
programming
8
Where we are going
1. Youth Identity Activity (padlet) - 5 min
2. Native Youth Identity - 15 min
3. Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation - 10 min
4. We R Native (NPAIHB) - 10 min
5. Thrive Untld - 10 min
6. Let’s Talk About it!
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Padlet Flowing Grid
Use the link in the chat box to join...
I Am
I Can
I Enjoy
10Wellness
Moment
Body Scan
111.
Native Youth
Identity
Let’s get some background here...
12We Are The New Tradition
Images:
2S Loved & Accepted
Monica Chase
ANTHC
We R Native
Native It’s Your GameChatfeed Convo:
Type Questions, Ask
Away!
142.
Notah Begay III
Foundation
To ensure Native children achieve their full
potential by advancing cultures of Native
American community health.
15Physical
Four Core Areas
Activity
Cultural Healthy
Connect- Nutrition
ions
Youth
DevelopmentOrganization Reflections
Old Mission New Mission
Est. in 2019
Reduce To ensure Native
childhood children achieve
obesity and their full potential
type 2 diabetes by advancing
among Native cultures of Native
American American
children. community
health.
Image: NB3 Foundation
18“Providing Spaces for Growth and Representation”
Responsibility to ALL Native Youth
3.
We R Native
21Enhancing Identity through safe digital spaces
Stand by what we say... Posted: September 14th, 2012
Wellness Hub We R Native acts as a hub for wellness/health info that tailors to Native youth and young adults.
How to Keep Youth Coming Back?
Well…? By using characteristics of Identity to connect to Natives as a whole ★ Language/slang ★ Imagery ★ Humor ★ Native pop culture ★ Values
Technology Use among Native Youth
Social Media Use
Top 3 Health Topics For Native Youth to learn about... 1. Native Identity or Cultural Pride (73%) 2. Mental Health (57%) 3. Social Justice and Equality (31%)
What Native Youth say about
nd the “The “It’s the Native part “I love
ivity arou inclus the con
“The posit ivity!
” “It’s about natives for me.” nection
y.” t o my c “That is e
communit of all tribes” The inc
ulture xists in th
lusivity place! N e first
!” atives ne
recognit e d more
w it's
ation, and ho “I love the ion and I
th e cu lt ural inform is n't always ab
le
websites think
“I like
m eo ne like me, w ho
cially “I never grew up on the Rez and information it like this w
r so es pe ill help
accessible fo I know in re
al life,
don’t know much about my achieve t
om people provides, hat”
to get info fr y town. ”
hite-majorit culture this is how I keep up with especially
living in a w
all native things around.” considering most
I love ho
of the information w open th
about se ey are to
nsitive s talk
we have access to “Conn ubjects o
bsite “It's strictly directed “Just having a things th
at arent r
“ A we is biased or ect wi e n o u gh . spoken a
towards native youth” connection to my th thin bo u t
ic for that h gs Th e y n e
ver hesit
specif e” culture. Our culture is
inaccurate.”
f r eq u
ap p e n
more
helping/
educatin ate to
like m ently g youth
people
on
so under represented in nat things.
comm ive
and it’s sad” unitie
s”4.
Thrive Untld
Moving forward together...
33Reclaiming Cultural Identity
through transcending trauma
★ Historical trauma has become
integrated into modern
understandings of culture
★ We often associate with our
experiences rather than aligning
with our values
★ Racism, Colorism, and Lateral
Violence do not belong to us
PHOTO: TYLER GLASSES: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/navajo-nation-skateboarder-
tiktok?fbclid=IwAR1k1KBY5oa5XreL3DqOxMN8SoiloLZljNhRivduT-jzokOy9TB_DzH0pjYPadlet Flowing Grid
Use the link in the chat box to join...
I have a Hard Time with
I want to Work on
I want Help with
354. Let’s Talk
About it!
Logistics Engagement
Share Your Video
Use the Chatfeed ● Use the Chatfeed
● ASL
● Zoom Reactions
36Practice in
Action
Taking it back home!
37Find
Curricula on
Healthy
Native Youth
Place your screenshot here
★ Filter & Compare Tool
★ All Materials Needed to
Implement
★ Enhancement Activities
★ Resources & Support
★ Upload & Submit Your
Own Curricula 38For Youth:
Place your screenshot here
Text “Caring”
to 65664
To get regular reminders about how
awesome you are from people who
care and who’ve got your back!
39For Adults:
for
Te xt
A
W
N O on
maz
Text
$30 Card
Gift e
l
“Empower”
Raff
Place your screenshot here
to 97779
★ Tips & Resources for Talking to
Youth About Sexual Health
★ Need some help getting the
convo started?
40Sign up for the
Healthy Native
Youth
Place your screenshot
here
Newsletter!
Stay up to Date with the Latest...
41Leave
Your
Email in
Chatbox
42We
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LOVE
helping...
★ Training & TA
Evaluation Form
★ Request TA
43Thank you!
You can find us at:
Amanda Gaston
agaston-
contractor@npaihb.or
g
Michelle Singer
msinger@npaihb.org
44Funding Credit
This project is funded by the Indian Health
Service HIV and behavioral health
programs. This work is also supported
with funds from the Secretary’s Minority
AIDS Initiative Fund.
45Let us
Close with
a Blessing
“Can't stop the spirits when they need you
This life is more than just a read through”
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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