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NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

November is National American Indian Heritage Month 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 join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

For more, go to:  https://www.nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/

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NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH–IS THERE AN EVENT NEAR YOU?

To find out, go to:

https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/here-s-whats-going-on-in-indian-country-native-american-heritage-month

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MY MYTHIC INHERITANCE–FROM TIME MAGAZINE

A thought-provoking piece: https://time.com/6320051/myth-american-inheritance-lakota-nation-essay/

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IN TIME FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, OCTOBER 9

From Time Magazine: Native American History-makers to know:

 https://time.com/6317481/native-american-history-makers/

Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte

 

 

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WAS THERE A NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL NEAR YOU?

Once upon a time, Native American boarding schools–like the one Red Dove in The Red Dove Trilogy was forced to go to–existed all over the U.S. Was there one near where you are now?

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/tribal-news/2023-09-11/new-map-expands-knowledge-of-native-american-boarding-schools

 

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NATIVE FRY BREAD IS DELICIOUS–BUT COMPLICATED

A bit about the history: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/for-many-native-americans-fry-bread-is-complicated

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SWEETGRASS IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

Sweetgrass plays an important role in most Native American cultures–and in The Red Dove Trilogy http://soniaantaki.com

https://www.independent-press.com/commentary/the-significance-of-sweetgrass-in-native-american-cultures/article_ef42a2c6-1b4a-11ee-9d09-87633235f320.html

 

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“WHEN THE WOMEN ARE THERE, WE FEEL SAFE”–THE POWER OF NATIVE DRESS

“Whenever we make something for someone, all of our love and our goodness goes into that material piece and then when that’s given and that’s worn by the person it was made for that person will carry that love and that goodness with them…”

 

The Red Dove Trilogy http://soniaantaki.com

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