Native American Heritage Day and Month

Former President Barack Obama designated a Friday after Thanksgiving Native American Heritage Day in 2009 according to Native Hope on Nov. 25, 2020. After a H.J. Res. 40 was signed, Obama stated,

It is critical to know a abounding culture, tradition, and story of Native Americans and their standing today, and to conclude a contributions that First Americans have done and will continue to make to a Nation, we inspire each one to join me in watching Native American Heritage Day.

The month of Nov is used to respect their people as a initial people of this nation. They also applaud their enlightenment and heritage.

A citizen of a Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and Native Hope envoy Brian Perry stated,

Why contingency we take a backseat to Thanksgiving? we feel slighted as an Native American. The day after thanksgiving? Like an after thought. The month of Nov being Native American Heritage Month. Why not a day before Thanksgiving?

The day after Thanksgivning is famous in U.S. as black friday, it is one of a many irrelevant days of a year. Most people are off work and traveling. The maimstream media do not cover anything about a designated day. Are we a lost Americans?

It is a day that consumers plots out a best bargains during a best retailers, to minister to American GDP. He continued:

Different tribes pass down their traditions by ceremonies. During their ceremonies, they would dance, eat, and play instruments. They sing songs that have been upheld down for many generations. They would also use rituals that have been upheld down. The opposite tribes wear their normal wardrobe and headwear to respect their history.

Things to do During Native American Heritage Month

Native Americans have been faced with injustice, discrimination, and hardship given a commencement when European settlers initial stepped feet on this land. The month gives Americans time to acknowledge a critical contributions of Indigenous people to society. The month is also a time to respect their story and find solutions to a struggles they face as a whole, according to “Parade Magazine” on Nov 25.

To respect Native American Heritage awareness, people around a United States can widespread a news about a month on amicable media. They can investigate how many tribes are in a U.S. and find out a elite terms between Alaska Natives, American Indians, Native Americans, and Indigenous people.

People can take a time to find out a story and how they helped during World War we and World War II. They can learn about how they had a  vital change on a diversion of hockey.

15 Facts About National Native American Heritage Month

1. November is also famous as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
2. Dr. Arthur C. Parker of a Seneca Nation fought for American Indian Day to be famous by a Boy Scouts of America around 1912 and 1915.
3. In Sep 1955, Reverend Sherman Coolidge, a President of Congress of a American Indian Association, pushed to make American Indian Day observed. Also, he fought for a Native Americans to have a right to get U.S. citizenship.
4.  In 1924 all Native Americans were postulated citizenship after association upheld a Indian Citizenship Act.
5. In May 1916, a initial American Indian Day took place in New York.
6. In 1989 South Dakota became a initial to applaud a day.
7. In Oct 1976, former President Gerald R. Ford admitted a week-long tact for American Indians. They called it a Native American Awareness Week.
8. President H.W. Bush dedicated Nov as National American Indian Heritage Month in 1990, though in 2009 former President Obama altered a name to National Native American Heritage Month.
9. Many state-level laws prevented Native Americans from voting in 1924, nonetheless they were authorised to vote. It took over 40 years following 1924 for all states to concede them to vote.
10. In 2019 there were about 6.9 million inland people in a U.S.
11.  229 opposite sovereign famous tribes out of 574 are located in Alaska.
12. They trust in genealogical sovereignty, that means they oversee themselves.
13. In 2019 there were 324 sovereign famous Native American land reservations.
14. Seventy-eight percent of Native Americans do not live in their genealogical area.

Written by Jessica Letcher
Edited by Cathy Milne-Ware

Sources:

Native Hope: Native American Heritage Day
Parade: Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With 25 Native American Heritage Facts; Kelsey Pelzer

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