The day comes as part of Native American Heritage Month, recognized annually in November. There are 574 federally recognized ...

The broad term “Native American” is typically used to describe the Indigenous people who inhabited the land now known as the U.S. for thousands of years before European colonization.

Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities. As early as 1915, when New York became the first state to declare an “American Indian Day,” efforts have been underway to acknowledge the many ...

Nov. 6—The Library of Congress gives information on November being Native American Heritage Month and the history of how the monthlong designation began. What started at the turn of the century ...

Native American Day is more than an opportunity to honor ... world operating within the state of Oklahoma, and those are the Indian nations that are here,” Hoskin said to applause from the ...

Arizona's first state-recognized Native American Day occurred Sunday, commemorating the date — June 2 — when then President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.

Activists try to set historical record straight Native American activists ... of American Indian Studies at ASU, told The Arizona Republic he supports the indigenous day, in part, because ...

Native American activists of the Bay Area Indian Alliance and Indigenous delegates worldwide protested the 1992 “Quincentennial Jubilee” celebration of Columbus Day, which was celebrating 500 ...

Minnesota Wild announced that it is partnering with the Prairie Island Indian Community and Treasure Island Resort and Casino to celebrate Native American Heritage Day on Friday, November 29 ...