November is Native American Heritage Month
In the early 1900s attempts to set aside a day of recognition for Native Americans eventually culminated into an entire month of honoring N.A. Ancestry. A joint resolution was approved by George H. W. Bush in 1990 designating November as “National American Indian Heritage Month." The name has varied some since 1994 and is now known as Native American Heritage Month. The theme for this year’s month is "Pride in Our Heritage. Honor to Our Ancestors."
Visit the N.A. Heritage Month official site http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/
Please visit these links to learn more about Native Americans:
First Nations Peoples:
http://www.snowhawk.com/fn2.html
Native American Code Talkers:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/
Native American Lore:
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
Native American Technology and Art:
http://www.nativetech.org/
Learn some Cherokee!
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/dl/echota/
Native Wiki is about worldwide indigenous cultures:
http://www.nativeweb.org/
Index of N.A. Resources on the Internet:
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
Extensive list of links for N.A. Studies:
http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/picks/native.html
National Museum of the American Indian:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Smithsonian American Indian Encyclopedia entries which includes excellent recommended reading lists on Native American topics:
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/AmericanIndian_History.htm
Native Americans & Alabama:
Native American Tribes of Alabama:
http://www.native-languages.org/alabama.htm
Poarch Creek Band of Indians:
http://www.poarchcreekindians.org/xhtml/index.htm
Poarch Creek Thanksgiving Pow Wow:
http://www.poarchcreekindians.org/assets/pdf/2009/1020_atmr_nws_bck_pg.pdf
MOWA:
http://www.uab.edu/uabmagazine/2009/july/losttribe
Alabama tribes of the past:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/
Information about the Alabama Indian Tribe:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/alabamaindianhist.htm
A short history of Alabama Tribes:
http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/indian_tribes_of_alabama.htm
Current Tribes in Alabama:
http://www.500nations.com/Alabama_Tribes.asp
Visit a Native American Park or Site:
http://www.800alabama.com/activities/native-american/
http://www.alabamasfrontporches.com/arts/nativeamerican.html
