23rd Annual Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards: Youth from across the Province to be honoured
The 23nd annual Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards (MAYAA) will be held Thursday November 23, 2017 at Victoria Inn in Winnipeg.
Since the early 90s, the MAYAAs have given out nearly 300 awards, thousands of dollars in scholarship and reached over 1600 attendees annually.
MAYAAs are presented to 16 outstanding Indigenous youth between the ages of 16 and 24 excelling in a variety of categories from cultural to academic. MAYAA recipients are chosen by a committee of indigenous youth from the community.
The awards were founded in 1994 as a way to combat negative images of Indigenous youth and to celebrate their achievements. “The youth have so many gifts and the MAYAA honours these milestones in their journeys” says MAYAA Co-Chair Helene Robinson-Settee.
In addition to the award portion of the evening, Dakota Travellers Drum Group will serve as host drum along with Opikihiwawin Dancers. A youth jigging group from Poplar River will be the evening entertainment. Past MAYAA recipients Kyle Monkman and Julie Desrochers will host this year’s event.
“I am so honoured to have the privilege of working with the MAYAA organizing committee. We get to see the best of the youth in the community and know that the future is in good hands, “ says Darlene Daniels, MAYAA Co-Chair.
To learn more about the MAYAA and to purchase tickets for the event go to:
http://www.mayaa.ca
For more information, please contact:
Darlene Daniels, Co-Chair, Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards Phone: (204) 330-2586
Helen Robinson-Settee, Co-Chair, Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards Phone: (204) 782-4571
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