In honor of the National Native American Heritage Month,the White House honored eleven Native American Youth leaders as Champions of Change.  Watch the video to see the discussion of the Champions of Change with White House and Administration officials. Cassandra Steele worked with UC Berkeley BEST Labbers as a co-designer for our CARES project in Culturally-sensitive sustainable housing for the Pnoleville Pomo Nation. She also started her tribe’s first traditional Pomo dance group and continues to work with a youth group she started to preserve their culture by learning traditions of basket - making, fishing, gathering, beading, speaking the Pomo language, singing traditional songs and ceremonial dancing.The White House press release adds: In addition, Cassandra works to teach environmentally friendly practices to her community, including building a proto type house for their tribal citizens. In July 2011, they broke ground on their first house which will use solar energy, composting toilets, rain water catch system, grey water system and hay bale materials with a culturally inspired physical design.