Native Teen Guide-in-Training is designed for students entering 8th – 12th grades interested in building community amongst Native teens from around the country while developing leadership and whitewater rafting skills.
Learn More & Apply for the program below.
Program Outline
Day 1
- Base Camp at Sand Island Campground
- Herbalist Talk with Ethnobotanist
- Canyoneering with Wild Rivers
- “What it Means to Be a Guide” Discussion
- River Trip Preparation
Day 2
- Visit former Bear’s Ears National Monument
- Speak with BLM Rangers about Leave No Trace Ethics
- Launch San Juan River
- River House Archaeological Site Visit
Day 3
- Engaging Presentation Strategies
- Knot Tying
- Wilderness First Aid: Scene Size Up/ABCDE’s
- Student Presentations
Day 4
- Hydrology 101
- “Risk vs. Probability” RM and Decision-Making Model
- Wilderness First Aid: Patient Assessment System
- Student Presentations
Day 5
- Hydrology 201
- Throw Bag Practice
- Wilderness First Aid: Managing Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Student Presentations
Day 6
- Takeout at Mexican Hat
- Evaluations, Appreciations, & Closing Circle
2020 Partners and Sponsors
Val A. Browning Foundation has generously provided financial support to help us greatly underwrite the true cost of the program.
Past Participants Experience
Read an article about one of our past participants, Beau Favre, of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
Summer program sends Tribal teen outside
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