November 13, 2007
Library of Congress Celebrates Native American Heritage Month on the Web
By Elisabeth Grant
The Library of Congress, along with a half dozen other agencies, has created a site to recognize Native American Heritage month. There you can find out about the origins of Native American Heritage Month (first called American Indian Day), the month’s events (including lectures and performances), and extensive resources on Native American history.
Teachers can access lesson plans on Native Americans from the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Smithsonian.
The site also features links to images (like the Indians of North America and the French and Indian War), audio/video files (including author interviews from past book festivals, and video of the Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers), and collections. See all of this and more at the Library of Congress’s Native American Heritage Month site.
Comment:
I wanted to share with you a new guest blog post by Dr. Loriene Roy, the first Native American to hold the office of president of the American Library Association. In this insightful new posting, she identifies ways to observe this month in your community and in your home. Along the way, she also provides many reading and viewing recommendations. You can find it at http://abcclio.blogspot.com/2010/11/native-american-heritage-month.html
— Rachel Neal Nov 1, 05:18 PM