🌳 Children of the Forest: Youth Voices Panel
A Conversation with the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders
🗓 Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
🕖 Time: 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM EST
📍 Location: Zoom (Free – Registration Required)
🌿 Hear the Future, In Their Own Words
The Shanenawá youth are the future caretakers of their culture, language, and land. In this special panel event, young voices from the community share their experiences, hopes, and responsibilities as they grow up surrounded by ancestral wisdom, environmental challenges, and the ongoing work of cultural preservation.
This event offers a rare and powerful opportunity to learn directly from Indigenous youth — their realities, their dreams, and their place in a world that is rapidly changing around them.
🌱 What You’ll Learn:
What daily life looks like for youth in Shanenawá communities
How cultural teachings and traditions are passed from elders to children
The values and responsibilities young people carry within tribal life
Hopes for the future of the forest, the land, and Indigenous identity
The role of education, both traditional and modern, in shaping leadership
🧭 Event Format:
Opening introduction and welcome from a Shanenawá elder
Live panel featuring 3–4 youth speakers sharing personal stories and reflections
Moderated conversation led by an Indigenous Foundation facilitator
Audience-submitted Q&A and cultural closing
This event is part of the Indigenous Foundation’s intergenerational engagement series, uplifting youth voices and fostering meaningful dialogue across communities, ages, and cultures.