This summer, we visited Tewatohnhi’saktha‘s Heads Up Summer Program to talk about the Kahnawake Youth Forum and to facilitate a fun activity around Indigenous youth leadership. We talked about what it means to be a…
The Kahnawake Youth Forum is looking for submissions of original artwork to be printed on hoodies for an upcoming fundraiser. Artwork must revolve around your interpretation of Indigenous youth leadership, empowerment, resistance, self-determination etc. Open…
A spoken word poetry video produced by the Kahnawake Youth Forum, written by poet Michelle Racine and filmed by Dennen Phillips. For more information on how the First Nations Education Act negatively influences Indigenous Education,…
The Leading Together Workshop was a collaboration between the Indigenous Young Women: Speaking Our Truths, Building Our Strengths, CORE Carrying Our Roots to Empowerment Kahnawake Women’s Group and The Kahnawake Youth Forum. Our purpose was…
The Indigenous Young Women: Speaking Our Truths, Building Our Strengths National Advisory Board, Carrying Our Roots to Empowerment (CORE), and the Kahnawake Youth Forum are looking for booths and volunteers for Leading Together: Gathering our…
On January 28th, 2014, Kahnawake’s Education Working Group organized a rally & march to oppose Canada’s proposed First Nations Education Act. KYF Executive Committee members Megan Whyte & Vernon Goodleaf were invited as guest speakers…
We, the executive committee of the Kahnawà:ke Youth Forum, are writing to express our concern for the proposed First Nation’s Education Act and to call on Canada to cease all actions related to the development,…
The Kahnawake Youth Forum is sending a huge congratulations out to our very own KYF member Kawennáhere Jacobs! Today, she is nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for best actress for her role in Rhymes…
This year Thunderbird Times is pleased to announce their sponsorship of an Indigenous writing contest called Thunderbird Stories. The contest will begin November 1st 2013 and contest winners will be announced, March 20th 2014 at the…
Happy Holidays from everyone at the Kahnawake Youth Forum!
