Posted: October 2nd, 2024
Native American Jump Start 2024 Fall Grant Recipients
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Autumn Lee is a 2024 Chipeta Grant Scholar and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She shares that Black Streak Wood is her maternal grandfather’s clan, and Towering House is her paternal grandfather’s clan. She is currently attending the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Now in her second year of medical school, […]Read Full Article
Meet the Team Behind NAJS
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Native American Jump Start added two new employees in 2024. Caroline Gearing and Wicahpi Cikala Chaddlesone-Yankton joined the team in February 2024 and August 2024 respectively. With the additions of these roles, NAJS can reach more young high potential Native students and foster more tangible impact in the Jackson community. Caroline Gearing joined NAJS in […]Read Full Article
Student Spotlight: Elyssa Sierra Her Many Horses (Concha)
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We are excited to introduce you to one of our recent Native American Jump Start Education Grant recipients, Elyssa Sierra Her Many Horses (Concha). She exemplifies the CORE Values that NAJS hopes to instill in our grant recipients. Sierra is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and affiliated with Taos Pueblo and […]Read Full Article
Student Profile: Jazmine Wildcat
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Jazmine Wildcat is an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho tribe, located on the Wind River Reservation. She is a rising senior at the University of Wyoming, currently pursuing a triple major in Psychology, Native American & Indigenous Studies, and Political Science. Her personal goals for the future include furthering her education after graduation, aiming […]Read Full ArticleNative American Jump Start Welcomes Incoming Fall 2024 Grant Recipients to Support Education and Employment Opportunities
Read MoreNative American Jump Start Welcomes Incoming Fall 2024 Grant Recipients to Support Education and Employment Opportunities
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2024 Native American Jump Start (NAJS) is a Jackson, Wyoming based nonprofit whose mission is to provide opportunities for growth and success for young Native Americans through education and employment. Native American Jump Start Grants have funded incoming fall recipients through education and employment grants. We were able to fund […]Read Full Article
