ALASKA YOUTH STEWARDS

Empowering rural Alaskan youth for vibrant culture, economic prosperity, and ecological resilience.

Tlingit & Haida’s Alaska Youth Stewards programs use an experiential learning approach to provide hands-on natural resource job, community service, and cultural stewardship experiences.

The goal of the program is to provide youth from rural Southeast Alaska with a well-supported pathway to becoming productive, empowered, and happy contributors to our region’s cultural vibrancy, economic prosperity, and ecological resilience.

Tlingit and Haida’s Alaskan Youth Stewards programs use an experiential learning approach to provide hands-on natural resource job, community service, and cultural stewardship experiences.

The goal of the program is to provide youth from rural Southeast Alaska with a well-supported pathway to becoming productive, empowered, and happy contributors to our region’s cultural vibrancy, economic prosperity, and ecological resilience.

Partnership

A diverse partnership of organizations has formed to support Tlingit & Haida’s Alaska Youth Stewards programs. Together, we believe we can achieve lasting positive impact on participating youth and the future health of our communities.

We work together to reach cultural, ecological, and economic prosperity for our communities and region. Core partners include the United States Forest Service, Sealaska Corporation, National Forest Foundation, Spruce Root, Hoonah Indian Association, Organized Village of Kake, and more.

Program Structure

Alaska Youth Stewards programs use a community-based approach which includes the sharing of resources and lessons learned across the Southeast Alaska region.

A collective impact model pulls together the financial, social, and technical resources necessary to deliver the best possible youth vocational skill building programs. By sharing these resources, we believe that youth will be supported by a career ladder that addresses the needs of both individual crew members and their communities.