Native American Heritage Month

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month is celebrated during the month of November every year since 1990 when it was declared by President George Bush. This is a perfect time of year to talk to students about what it meant for Christopher Columbus to “discover” America and what it meant for the Native people when pilgrims began arriving on the eastern shores. American Indian culture is very alive in the state of Montana where I live, however, that may not be so depending on what

The Invisible Native American   When most people think of "Indians," they think of the common stereotyped of the wild, yelling, half-naked "savages" seen on the television movies. With more modern movies like Dances with Wolves and some of the documentaries like How the West was Lost, some of these attitudes have changed. But the American public as a whole is still very ignorant of what it means to be a Native American-today, or historically. Whose fault it this? The public school

kidnapped and taken away by Native Americans also known as the Comanche warriors. She was taken away from her home, her family, and her heritage. Soon she had forgotten her childhood years— she blocked the raid and her capture from her memory—and has finally adopted the ways of her people (Native Americans) She has forgotten the English language, and has only one desire. For many years she had been raised by Native Americans. At first she was a slave to the Native Americans, but eventually she was treated

Such designation in legislation and other agreements caused Alaska Natives to be subject to the same regulations and policies as American Indians in the United States” (Benson, 2015). This was also followed up the 1884 First Organic Act, disputing Alaskan Natives any claims for the land they occupied, and the Major Crimes Act of 1885 that would not allow natives to process any criminal acts. This prompted the start of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB), this organization united all the different tribes/clans

surrounded by Native Americans. He appeared to be white, but he had it in his blood. He mentioned how racist people were towards Native Americans. If he would go to the mall with his Native American cousins, they would be stalked by mall security. On the other hand, if he were to go shopping with his white friends from school, they would be left alone. He also talked about the struggles of being on the Native American reservation.

an African American mother. He talks about how they all started showering him with stereotypes, and then mentions what being African American meant for him and his family. He mentions his mother was told to “go back to Africa, N-r”. “N-r”? What’s that supposed to mean? Is that supposed to be nigger? Why didn’t they just type out nigger? The answer is really just that “nigger” is like a super bad word. And it became a bad word, because it was used during an era where African Americans were being openly

crusade to revitalize the Alutiiq language and culture in Alaska. He is a Staples native and through his study abroad, travels, and time in the Air force he developed a love of language learning. Alaska is a diverse culture including 11 different Alaskan native cultures. Of these 11 cultures, there are 22 languages or dialects spoken. In Kodiak Alaska, water gives life to the people and land. The Alutiiq people are Native Alaskan in decent and are closely related to the Navaho. Through the colonization

In this paper, I am going to be analyzing the book The Education of Little Tree, primarily delving into how Little Tree’s cultural identity and upbringing as a Native American plays a role in his educational experience. I will also explore how gender roles instilled in him both through his culture, as well as by the non-Native American society around him, affected his views of his gender and his identity overall. Little Tree is an elementary-aged male living in 1920’s America. While this was obviously

I’m black not African American My research question is: Does the term African American offends heritages that are classified within that label/category? For some time now, there’s been a battle about the term African America, whether is suitable for all black races in America. I do not think it is. The term leaves out other black heritages in America that usually would go into that label/category. The term “black” dates to the 1960s and 1970s and the civil rights movement. The Black Power movement

Alaska Native Heritage Center Alaskan Native American art is richly found in the State of Alaska and can range from beaded clothing and woven baskets to flintknapped arrow heads and metal ceremonial drums. The native American art culture found in the State of Alaska is rich in its depth for variety, renowned for its beauty, and praised for its originality. Artifacts that have been recovered from the native American culture of Alaska have been pronounced authentic works of art. The artifacts produced