National Native American Heritage Month

November is National Native American Heritage Month and there are plenty of ways to learn, celebrate and honor the lives and culture of Native Americans from the past, present and future. To learn more about the history of this month and its recognition, click on this link!

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has created a website to bring together their resources, you can find it here!

This resource links to several others including Joy Harjo’s reading at the LOC’s National Book Festival

As well as the National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian’s online exhibit Americans

If you are interested in reading more about Native American heritage and history, click on the bibliography below! All book covers link directly to our collection.

Interested in more resources? PBS has streaming documentaries, short films and more! Find their collection here. Likewise, Kanopy has a selction of films and documentaries that you can access with your library card by clicking this link.

Hoopla also offer a great collection of ebooks, both fiction and non-fiction! Browse Hoopla here.