Native American Heritage Month Activity Downloads

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Event title Native American Heritage Month Educational Downloads

Occupation November 23–30 American Indian Week

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November 23, 2024

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Native American Heritage Month and American Indian Week activity worksheets and coloring pages. All educational activities features coloring pages, solving puzzles, matching games, completing word searches, and much more, are free to view, share and download.

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Native American Heritage Month is an annual celebration of the cultures, histories, and contributions of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is observed in November in the United States and Canada, and aims to honor the diversity and resilience of Native American and First Nations communities.

On August 3, 1990, President of the United States George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month. The bill read in part that "The President has authorized and requested to call upon Federal, State and local Governments, groups and organizations and the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities". This landmark bill honoring America's tribal people represented a major step in the establishment of this celebration which began in 1976 when a Cherokee/Osage Indian named Jerry C. Elliott-High Eagle authored Native American Awareness Week legislation the first historical week of recognition in the nation for native peoples. This led to 1986 with then President Ronald Reagan proclaiming November 23–30, 1986, as "American Indian Week".

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

This guide provides an overview of 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.

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National Park Service

National parks are America's largest classrooms. Find distance learning opportunities, lesson plans, and other educational material about history and heritage for all age groups.

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State Observances

The first time an American Indian Day was formally designated in the U.S. may have been in 1916 when the governor of New York fixed the second Saturday in May for his state's observance. Several states celebrated the fourth Friday in September as American Indian Day. In 1919, the Illinois state legislature enacted a bill doing so. In Massachusetts, the governor issued a proclamation, following a 1935 law, naming the day that would become American Indian Day in any given year.

In 1968, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed a resolution designating the fourth Friday in September as American Indian Day. In 1998, the California State Assembly enacted legislation creating Native American Day as an official state holiday.

In 1989, the South Dakota state legislature passed a bill proclaiming 1990 as the "Year of Reconciliation" between American Indian and White citizens. According to that act, South Dakota Governor George S. Mickelson designated Columbus Day as the state's American Indian Day, making it a state-sanctioned holiday.

For more information about state designations for American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native American heritage observations or celebrations, contact the state(s) you are interested in directly.

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