Native American Heritage Month (November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023)

Native American Heritage Month traces back to the early 20th century, originally called “American Indian Day.” Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian and director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, New York, persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day to acknowledge and celebrate the “First Americans.” In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Kansas formally approved a plan to commemorate American Indian Day, the first of which was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. In 1990, former president George H.W. Bush approved a joint resolution that designated the month of November as “National American Indian Heritage Month.”  Learn more about Native American Heritage Month