November is Native American Heritage Month and all-round the web institutions like the Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum are celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of the nation’s first people.
The Department of Interior is also honoring American Indians and Alaska Natives. According to the website, the bureau provides services to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, and the 567 federally recognized tribes in the United States.
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) oversees one of two federal school systems that includes 183 elementary, secondary day and boarding schools on 64 reservations in 23 states and serves 40,000 students. The Bureau of Indian Affairs photo above shows Native American students at the First Mesa Elementary School and Keams Canyon Elementary School run in a cross country meet.
The theme of the National Museum of the American Indian‘s website is “Transforming teaching and learning about Native Americans,” and its Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) provides educational materials that enlighten and inform. Find out how many Indians lived in America before 1492, and whether the correct terminology is American Indian, Indian, Native American, or Native.
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