Legacy

NativeVision Sports and Life Skills Camp

Now in its 20th year, the annual NativeVision camp is held annually in a tribal community and serves up to 1,000 youth from dozens of tribes. One of the many powerful aspects of NativeVision is the opportunity for youth from different Indian nations to meet and share their cultures. The 2017 camp took place in June at the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona. With guidance from Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health's public health experts, he athletes share their own stories of perseverance and overcoming adversity, and honor the youth's heritage and cultures. At the camp, a variety of life skills workshops are offered for the children and community members including nutrition, arts and crafts, leadership and positive parenting.

At NativeVision, professional and collegiate athletes (football, lacrosse, basketball, soccer, volleyball and track) as mentors who conduct sports clinics and lead inspirational breakout sessions with youth ages 7-18.

EcoStove:  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua has enjoyed a “Sister City” relationship with Newton, MA since 1988. For over a quarter century, the Newton/San Juan del Sur Sister City Project has pursued its mission of improving health and education in tandem with grassroots organizations and dedicated individuals there. By bringing simple, eco-friendly technologies to the families of San Juan, and offered literacy programs and adult education programs to hundreds of people who are excluded from the regular school system. These efforts are changing the health, economy, and culture of the region.

Two recent projects funded by the Society are the installation of BioSand Filters for purifying contaminated well water, and EcoStoves, for cooking with wood without filling the home (and folks’ lungs) with smoke.

Other organizations supported by the Society:

Native American Youth Enrichment Program of Harvard College.
American Indian Alaska Native Ministries
The St. Paul’s Indian Mission
The Council for American Indian Ministry
All Nations Indian Church
American Indian Youth Council