November is National American Indian Heritage Month
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Although the first "American Indian Day" was declared by the State of New York in 1916, a month long recognition of Native Americans was not achieved until 1990. In that year, President George H.W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." The month is also called "American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month."
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Page last updated October 26, 2011
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2012 Census Facts for Features:American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month NEW!
2011 Native American/ American Indian Heritage Month SAIGE Poster
Indian Health Service Heritage Site
Census Bureau's American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links
White House Initative on Tribal Colleges and Universities
National Museum of the American Indian web site
Smithsonian Institution Page on National American Indian Heritage Month
National Register of Historic Places Indian Heritage Month website
Call to Serve -- a joint initiative sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, providing information on careers in the federal government. Search the directory of federal internships and information with a network of over 600 colleges. In addition, you'll find information about multiple vacancies in the federal sector, subdivided by jobs that require language skills, loan repayment programs, etc.
The sites below are outside the U.S. Government.
Infoplease.com page on American Indian Heritage Month
National Museum of the American Indian
Official Site of the Cherokee Nation
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