Native American Heritage Month
2022
This year, the National Parks Service is celebrating the accomplishments of Sacagawea for Native American Heritage Month. She was about 16 years old when she joined the Corps of Discovery. She met Lewis and Clark while living among the Mandan and Hidatsa in North Dakota, though she was a Lemhi Shoshone from Idaho. At 11 or 12, Sacagawea was taken in a raid from her home by the Hidatsato to the Awatixa (Sakakawea) Village.– National Parks Service
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November is Native American Heritage Month, also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. We honor and raise awareness of these remarkable peoples’ histories, stories, contributions, traditions, and cultures. This month allows us to educate others about the challenges faced by the Native Americans in the past and present. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
We Recommend
Our expert staff have selected some great reads! View more selections in our catalog and download the reading list.
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
Kliph Nesteroff.
Pick for Adults
Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy’s most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Profiles important events and humorists from the 1880s to the present. Read more.
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley.
YA
Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in. She dreams of a fresh start at college. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, yet she senses there is something there are dangerous secrets. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation. Her search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined. Check it out here.
We are still here! : Native American truths everyone should know
Traci Sorell; illustrated by Frané Lessac
Best for Children Ages 7-10
A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here. Check it out here.
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Resources
Mountains Named for Sacagawea Article
Sacagawea’s Voice and the 19th Amendment
American Indians and Lewis and Clark
Stretching nearly 4,900 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the Pacific Ocean, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail passes through the native homelands of more than 60 Native American Tribal nations.
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The Native American experience with Lewis and Clark is as varied and diverse as the Native American tribes.
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