Courtesy of the Native American Youth and Family Center Founded in 1974, the Native American Youth and Family Center, or NAYA, was created to be a place for Native youth in Portland to safely express ...

A license is not required for kinship care, but only caregivers with a license are eligible for reimbursement for their ...

The Native American Youth and Family Center expands housing for Native community members with a family shelter named khwat yaka haws, meaning Auntie’s Place. Oscar Arana, Chichimeca, interim CEO of ...

Family photos remain an important way of preserving our legacy for future generations. As time capsules of sorts, they gift our descendants the chance to connect with their roots and feel a sense of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photograph archived at the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque shows a group of ...

The Native American Youth and Family Center has appointed Oscar Arana (Chichimeca) as its permanent CEO. While Arana served as interim CEO for the past year, the Portland-based nonprofit organization ...

Native American students who also identify as another race, such as Black, white or Asian, are counted as “two or more races,” not Native American.

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) - Outside the Carteret County courthouse a civil rights activist and Native American family involved with last year’s archeological discovery dispute is speaking out for justice ...

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The Redhouse Family Jazz Band will perform Saturday as part of the Live Acoustic Venue Association's "all-star" series at Abounding Grace Sanctuary. Known as Arizona's Native American first family of ...

The rhythmic beat of drums accompanied by the twinkling of jingle dress dancers echoed under the canopy at the Native American Youth and Family Center, indicating the opening of the Neerchokikoo ...