Have you heard of Gen-I? Not Gen-X or Gen-Z, but Generation Indigenous: young people living with all the challenges of being a developing human, as well as the complex inheritance of their Native histories, inextricably mixed with Colonial history. In 2017, the US Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) launched Champions for Change, or Gen-I Ambassadors, a selection of young people working to improve the lives of their communities and peers. Each Ambassador has a unique cause: some are working on food sovereignty, while others focus on educational support; some work to address the high rate of youth suicide in their communities; others seek to improve foster care systems. Madison White of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne, a 2019 Champion for Change, says on the CNAY website: “As intergenerational trauma survivors (and those who are still suffering), we must shift our minds from focusing on what has been lost, and change it to the conscious awareness of what we can still learn.”