May 24, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mesa, Arizona – United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) will feature several guest speakers at its National Conference including documentarian Matika Wilbur (whose book is a NY Times bestseller), Grammy-winning fashion designer Norma Baker-Flying Horse, youth writers Kinsale Drake and Lily Painter of the NDN Girls Book Club, and entrepreneur […]
Would you like to serve as news anchors for UNITY News? UNITY is seeking one male news anchor and one female anchor to host daily News segments at this year’s National UNITY Conference. If you’re planning to attend the conference and you’d like to be considered as a host, all you have to do is submit a 0:35 – 0:40 audition video. You don’t know what to say? Not […]
BOTH Steps (2 separate Online Forms) must be completed before April 8, 2022. UNITY is seeking American Indian and Alaska Native youth between the ages of 14 to 24, who have shown a commitment to serving their communities, to apply for this exciting program. For additional information, please visit the UNITY website: www.unityinc.org. Application Process: […]
Scholarships Arizona Indian Education Association’s 2022-2023 Virtual Scholarship Webinar Series. Open to all American Indian students in middle school, high school, and college, including parents and guardians. Participants need to register in advance for each session. How to Write a Resume & Cover Letter (March 4), How to Write a Personal Statement (March 25), and […]
After two long years of missing their Annual Prayer Walk, Walk for the Land and the People, it’s back! Our Annual Walk will be held Saturday, April 9. This year we’ll have one walk, from North Mountain to NATIVE HEALTH Central. After the Walk, we hope participants will stay and enjoy a delicious breakfast of Blue […]
Rory Wheeler, Peer Guide, Northeastern Representative, and National UNITY Council Vice President shares his community outreach for February 2022: I am so happy to be back with our UNITY family for the UNITY Midyear Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I worked through the month with EC and Peer Guides to plan the conference and release a […]
Northeast Valley News: Three day conference features annual “Round Dance” Marshall Baker, ReporterMarch 2, 2022 United National Indian Tribal Youth held their 2022 mid-year conference in Phoenix this weekend and brought together people from different indigenous backgrounds. UNITY is an organization based in Mesa that looks to empower Indigenous youth across North America. J.R. Cook, […]
National UNITY Council’s Elwood McClellan Jr., Southern Plains representative, Monthly Report In the month of January, My youth council was asked to be a co-host for an honor dance. After meeting with the youth council we came to the conclusion that we would be more than happy to support in any way possible and accepted […]
ArriAnna Henry Rocky Mountain Area Representative Updates: In January I developed the “Online Salish Language Series” program through my internship at All Nations Health Center. I also received $10,000 from a Potlatch Grant to contribute to my “Paddle for Life” project. I also received recognition from my college, SKC of my efforts in the indigenous […]
The National UNITY Council Southwest Representative Chenoa Scippio started attending planning meetings for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Native Women event taking place in February. Scippio shared how “over winter break I volunteered at the Striking Eagle Native American Invitational Basketball Tournament and I helped out in the concessions. I also gave presentations […]
