2012 Camp Details

• Hosted by the Navajo Tribe in Tuba City, Arizona.
• Approximately 1,000 youth from over 15 tribal nations attended.
• 60 professional and collegiate athletes volunteered to coach.
• Community members from the host tribe took part in camp activities, including cultural celebrations, parenting workshops and opening and closing ceremonies.
• Six sports clinics were offered, including football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, track and lacrosse.
• Leadership workshops promoted a vision for the campers future. 
• Arts and crafts workshops entertained the young campers.
• Entrepreneur workshops took place led by NFTE and BarClays Bank representatives.
• Parents, chaperones and local community members enjoyed workshops in financial literacy and cooking.
• Two scholarships were awarded to Native students entering college.  Scholarship recipients were selected through a competitive narrative application and review process administered by the Center.
  

  
  Blog from Michelle Obama's Let's Move Initiative (2011)
  
  Lax Her Essentials Article: 2011 Native Vision -
  An Interview with Joanna Lignelli

    
  NativeVision Program Video (narrated by Robert Redford)
   
  
  We are grateful for our friendship with photographer Ed Cunicelli for many years.  Ed has selflessly donated his time to attending camps and taking photographs for the Center for nearly a decade.  We will always be grateful for all of his time, talent and energy he has given to the Center and the NativeVision Program.

Contact Information

NativeVision National Office
Marlena Hammen, NV Coordinator
621 N Washington St.
Baltimore, MD 21205
phone (410) 955-6931
email: mhammen@jhsph.edu

Photos on the NativeVision website
courtesy of Ed Cunicelli .
ed cunicelli/photographer inc.
  p.o. box 86, glen mills, pa 19342
  www.cunicelli.com