How do we honor Native American history and peoples today? There are many ways!
Every November, the United States celebrates Native American Heritage Month. Many places also celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day in October. Museums like the National Museum of the American Indian share art, stories, and treasures. Powwows welcome visitors to watch dancing, hear drumming, and taste delicious foods like frybread.
But YOU can honor Native peoples every day: learn whose land you live on, read books by Native authors, listen to Native storytellers and musicians, and always speak about Native peoples in the present — because they are here, now, thriving.
1. What is celebrated every November?
2. What can you see and hear at a powwow?
3. Name two ways YOU can honor Native peoples every day.
Make your personal plan for honoring Native American history. Fill in each promise!
| My promise | How I will do it |
|---|---|
| I will learn whose land I live on | |
| I will read a book by or about Native peoples | |
| I will share one thing I learned with someone | |
| I will remember Native nations are here TODAY |
1. Why does it matter to say Native peoples ARE here, instead of WERE here?
2. If you could visit a powwow, what would you most want to see or try?
1. Native American Heritage Month is in .
2. A has dancing, drumming, and delicious food.
3. share Native art, stories, and treasures.
4. We can read books by Native .
5. We speak of Native peoples in the — they are here now.
Draw a powwow celebration — dancers in colorful regalia, drummers, and families enjoying the day together.
| I learned... | Circle one |
|---|---|
| Ways we honor Native history today | YES / NOT YET |
| What happens at a powwow | YES / NOT YET |
| My own plan to keep the story alive | YES / NOT YET |