Tribe: Navajo Service: Work Experience Internship My name is David Morgan and I am a Work Experience Program Participant through the National Indian Youth Council, Inc. (NIYC) For the past summer months., I have been gaining experience at the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico (AICCNM) in Albuquerque. NIYC placed me in a […]
City Partners with National Indian Youth Council to Increase Native American City Employment and Career Pathways ALBUQUERQUE, NM, August 29 – The City of Albuquerque and the National Indian Youth Council launched an exciting new partnership today to increase Native American participation in the City’s workforce by placing participants from NIYC’s Employment and Training Program […]
Dine’ Nation Service: Classroom Training Support “Ya’at’eeh my name is Val Zah. I am originally from Red Lake, AZ, near Crystal, NM. My maternal clan is Todich’ii’nii (Bitter Water) and paternal clan is Tabaaha (Water’s Edge). I am a previous NIYC recipient early on in my educational journey and utilized the program. I was attending […]
Dine’ Nation Service: Work Experience Intern “I was laid off from my job at Macy’s that I had for almost 10 years. The ‘I don’t know’ feeling of what to do and how to start all over again scared me. Then I heard about the NIYC and WIOA program … NIYC sent me to a […]
Dine’ Nation Services: Classroom Training Support, Work Experience Intern “I arrived to Albuquerque from Window Rock, Arizona in 2015. I was a homeless Veteran on my own with little experience and no job skills outside military service but NIYC was one of many local resources that helped me get back on my feet. Through case […]