Native American Heritage Month 2024

November is National American Indian Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

Print portrait of Wendy Red Star's Native American great-great grandmother repeated four times against a backdrop of star quilt patterns.

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress

This online research guide developed by the digital subgroup of the Native American Collections Working Group links to resources at the Library of Congress that relate to Native communities in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean.

Image Credit: Portrait from photograph by Fred E. Miller taken on the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Reservation in Montana circa 1898-1910. (Source: National Museum of the American Indian, February 2022)

Tan document will colorful illustrations of heraldry and two individuals, a Native American and a French soldier, greeting each other. Handwritten text in French.

Road to Revolution: Native Americans and the American Revolution

The stories presented reveal that whether Native Americans sided with the Rebels, Redcoats, neither, or both, the actions of tribes and their leaders were primarily motivated by a desire to preserve their land and autonomy.

National Archives

Image credit: Agreement between Louis de Kerlérec, Governor of Louisiana, and Okana-Stoté, Chief of the Cherokee Nation, February 27, 1761. NAID: 6924937, Series: Military Commissions of the French and Indian War, Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, National Archives and Records Administration.

Mixed media on paper with geometric shapes on a blue background.

Native American Artists

Explore the work of modern and contemporary Native American artists in the National Gallery of Art's collection.

National Gallery of Art

Image credit: Emmi Whitehorse, Fog Bank, 2020, mixed media on paper on canvas, National Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Fund, 2022.41.1

Woman SAMO dancer in traditional clothing performing with audience in the background.

Native American Heritage Month - NPS Celebrates! (U.S. National Park Service)

Every November during Native American Heritage Month and throughout the year, the National Park Service and our partners share history and the continuing culture of America's indigenous peoples.

National Park Service

Image credit: SAMO Dancer NPS Photo by Connar L'Ecuyer

Portrait of veteran Dan Akee.

Native American Veterans

American Indians have eagerly served a government which did not always keep its word to their ancestors. They have volunteered to serve in conflicts from World War II to Iraq. Few encountered any overt prejudice while in uniform, but for all American Indian veterans, the honor of defending their country overrode all other considerations.

Library of Congress

Image credit: (Dan Akee (2004), Veteran's History Project)

Mural of Native Americans traveling over a landscape beneath a rainbow.

National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher's Guide

This Teacher's Guide will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Image credit: Long Walk Home—Gallup Downtown Murals—by Richard K Yazzir, 2005

Brought to you by:

National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress
Smithsonian
National Archives
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
National Park Service
National Endowment for the Humanities