Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage month, also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, is observed every year in November to recognize the contributions and achievements of Native Americans. The month-long celebration presents an opportunity to increase our knowledge of the cultures, traditions, languages, history and heritage of Native Americans. To learn more, explore the following library and web resources, or search OneSearch to find additional materials. 

Library Resources

Ebooks

• An Infinity of Nations: How the Native New World Shaped Early North America (M. Witgen)
• American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America (L. Campbell)
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (R. Kimmerer)
• Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums (A. Lonetree) 
• Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature (C. B. Teuton)
• Native American Voices (S. Lobo et al.)
• Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Projections : Native American Rock Art in the Contemporary Cultural Landscape (R. A. Rogers)
• Reclaiming Indigenous Research in Higher Education (R. Starr Minthorn et al.)
• Shifting Grounds : Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art (K. Morris)
• The River of Life: Sustainable Practices of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples (M. Marchand et al.)

Web Resources

• American Indian Heritage: Connections to the Land (National Park Service)
• National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)
  • Native Knowledge 360 Educational Initiative 
• Photographs Finding Aid (Bureau of Indian Affairs)

For more information about this annual event you may visit the Native American Heritage Month website.

[About the header image: Navajo Baskets photo by NPS staff is in the public domain and was retrieved from Wikimedia Commons]