Pathkeepers for Indigenous Knowledge

09/20/2021

Hello Pathkeepers Family. It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that our Pathkeepers Vice-President, co-founder, elder, and teacher, Barney Bush, has journeyed home. He loved working with kids so much. Here are a few highlights from over the years at Pathkeepers Native Youth Leadership Camp. Please keep his family and community in your prayers, and stay safe.

08/22/2020

Hi Pathkeepers! Some students at Sherando High School in Wi******er, VA have started a petition to change their "warrior" mascot. Here is the link if you would like to sign and share it with your networks. https://www.change.org/p/sherando-high-school-administration-native-americans-are-people-not-mascots?signed=true Some of us Pathkeepers staff and youth were in discussions in 2016 with this school's administration and school board to urge them to change their mascot. They didn't do anything. These students have picked up the effort. Please help support them! Also, as word of this petition got out, a counter petition is now on change.org to keep the mascot and it now has more signatures, but it is close. Here's a picture of their warrior mascot who comes out at every football game on a horse. The school says that their warrior mascot and the name Sherando are to honor a Iroquois historical figure (Chief Sherando) who was in northern Virginia. Doesn't look particularly Haudenosaunee to me. Thank you for your support!

04/24/2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Pathkeepers 8th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp will be offered as a “Virtual Camp” for the already scheduled dates of Monday, July 20, 2020, to Friday, July 24, 2020. After lengthy deliberation, Pathkeepers Board members and staff agreed that we want to honor those who have lost their lives and those who continue to serve on the front lines of fighting this virus by offering Camp in way that captures this important moment in time and that meets health and safety recommendations. OUR UPDATE LETTER AND UPDATED CAMP APPLICATION ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.PATHKEEPERS.ORG. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW DUE MAY 15, 2020.

Pathkeepers provides opportunities and tools for the practical use and incorporation of traditional knowledge in education, youth programs, health, and government systems, and the passing of this knowledge from elders to younger generations.

01/22/2020

Hello Pathkeepers! We are please to announce that Two Internships will be available for this summer’s 8th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp. Information and the Internship Application are available on our website at

Pathkeepers announces Assistant Camp Director Internships available for its upcoming 8th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp. We are looking for highly motivated, dynamic young people who are interested in working closely with Native youth and elders in a fun, courageous, and ope...

01/22/2020

Hello Pathkeepers! Happy New Year! It’s that time again.... We announce the dates for our 8th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp will be held on July 19 - 26, 2020. The Camp Application and Brochure are now available on our website at https://www.pathkeepers.org/youth-camp-2020-1. Deadline to apply to Camp is May 1, 2020. Please email or call us if you have any questions or you would like us to send you some brochures for your community, school, family or friends.

Native Youth Leadership Camp

07/22/2019

Thanks to House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva for a great discussion with Pathkeepers Native Youth!

07/21/2019

Pathkeepers Youth Meeting Congresswoman Deb Haaland.

07/15/2019

7th Annual Pathkeepers Native Youth Leadership Camp is underway!!

04/24/2019

Hi Pathkeepers! The deadline to apply to the 7th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp is approaching — please put your application into the mail by May 1, 2019. Thank you and we look forward to an exciting summer! The application and more information is available on our website at

Pathkeepers provides opportunities and tools for the practical use and incorporation of traditional knowledge in education, youth programs, health, and government systems, and the passing of this knowledge from elders to younger generations.

03/03/2019

CAMP INTERNSHIPS WILL BE OFFERED FOR THE PATHKEEPERS 7th ANNUAL NATIVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP, JULY 14 - 21, 2019. PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD FOR THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS. DUE DATE IS APRIL 15, 2019.
INTERNSHIP APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR
"CAMP INTERNSHIPS 2019" WEBPAGE,

Pathkeepers provides opportunities and tools for the practical use and incorporation of traditional knowledge in education, youth programs, health, and government systems, and the passing of this knowledge from elders to younger generations.