A Kanaka Maoli student at Yale is working on an AI tool to help clear criminal records of fellow Native Hawaiians. A Kiowa writer and artist is developing creative pathways to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. And a Tohono O’odham knowledge protector is archiving recordings and pictures from her tribe. Those are among this year’s young people selected as Champions for Change by the Center for Native American Youth. We’ll hear from them and get their stories of inspiration. This is a recorded show and will not be taking calls.

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Lily Painter Kiowa name is Brings Water (Kiowa & Winnebago), 2025 Champion for Change

Lourdes Pereira (Hia-Ced O’odham and Yoeme and a citizen of the Tohono O’odham Nation), 2025 Champion for Change and community memory protector

Katie Lynch (Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation), 2025 Champion for Change and PhD student at the University of Michigan

Joshua Ching (Native Hawaiian), 2025 Champion for Change and student at Yale University

Break 1 Music: Girl from Nanaimo (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)

Break 2 Music: Rumpshaker (song) Crystal Shawanda (artist) Midnight Blues (album)