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.
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)
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.
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
The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers
The digitized portion (4,500 items; 4,603 images) of the papers of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), geologist, ethnologist, U.S. Indian Agent and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Michigan Territory and the state of Michigan, pertains primarily to his wife, Ojibwe poet and translator Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Bamewawagezhikaquay) (1800-1842), the first Native American woman poet to receive major literary recognition in the United States.
Library of Congress
Image credit: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, draft poem, “Lines to a Friend Asleep,” in English (with drawing of dancing “Chippewa maiden”), ca. 1823. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers, Manuscript Division. Location: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss39115.07025/?sp=2
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
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)
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
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