Topic of the Month
Native American Heritage Month
November 2009

The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians.

• "Indigenous People Today: Living in Two worlds," eJournal USA, June 2009
  [Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State]
  
  
• American Indians Artists: A Tale of Two Visionaries - America.gov
  [Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State]
  
  
• American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2009
  [U.S. Census Bureau]
  
  
• National American Indian Heritage Month
  [National Park Service]
  
  
• American Indian Heritage Month
  [Smithsonian Institution]