Thursday, November 19, 2020

November is Native American Heritage Month

Flandreau Indian School Choir, South Dakota
image from blogs.loc.gov

November is Native American Heritage Month, and the federal government has many resources online and in print to help you learn more.

Visit https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/ for exhibits, audio/video, images, and more.

The “For Teachers” section of this website https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/for-teachers/ highlights many resources shared by government agencies such as The Library of Congress, National Archives, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution.

On November 11, 2020, the first national memorial dedicated solely to Native American veterans was unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. https://americanindian.si.edu/visit/washington/nnavm

The United States Department of the Interior and Department of Justice publish many documents that can be found in collections of Federal Depository Libraries nationwide.

The SD State Library is a federal depository library and provides access to print and electronic federal government publications. Print publications are available via interlibrary loan. Electronic publications are linked from the state library online catalog.