A series of instructional videos aimed at a younger audience makes NYO Games more accessible and inclusive Instructional videos made for and featuring junior NYO athletes help younger students prepare for traditional Native games. In 2019, Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) and NYO Games Alaska released a...
Bering Strait students capture NYO for fans and families across the state Since 2010, a group of students has traveled across Alaska every year to be an integral part of Native Youth Olympic (NYO) Games — but they’re not athletes. Instead of participating in events like the Wrist Carry or...
Junior NYO athlete pens essay about the importance of the Games Junior NYO Eve Schlotthauer wrote an essay about what’s important about NYO. Here, she wears the six medals she won at JNYO in 2021 at Virtual JNYO. “The most important thing about JNYO is that you are active.” Last...
Native Youth Olympic (NYO) Games 2022 is happening in person — and you can be part of it! With hundreds of athletes expected to attend both Anchorage Tryouts (March 25 – 26) and Senior NYO Games (April 21 – 23), CITC is seeking volunteers to fill...
Native Youth Olympic (NYO) Games 2022 is happening in person....
Virtual Junior Native Youth Olympics Games in Full Swing. ...