Asniya
Asniya’s mission is to inspire and empower underserved Native American children with medical knowledge and opportunities.
Asniya is a non-profit outreach program that recruits medical students to teach health and medicine to indigenous children. "Asniya interns" deliver dynamic hands-on classroom presentations to captivate children’s interest in medical science, disease prevention, and careers in health care. For more than 25 years Asniya has inspired Native youth while expanding the cultural awareness of future physicians.

John Haas – Vice President, Consultant since 2016

John Haas

Mr. Haas is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and resident of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He has been an educator all his life, being a classroom teacher, certified school counselor, high school principal, school superintendent, and tribal college vice-president of academics, and former owner of an educational consulting firm. John and his wife Arlene reside in the country outside of Kyle, SD.

"The path to one’s strength, pride, integrity, and wisdom often starts with a vision as a child. Our children may be granted visions in many ways. Often, it is through a teacher with a pure heart."
  • Asniya.org
    PO Box 746
    Rapid City, SD, 57709
    info@asniya.org