The month of November is Native American Heritage Month. Most Americans don’t know much about Native American history, culture, and life. So, we figured that we would do an article about said matter.
One thing that many people do is talk about Native Americans with a past tense. However, Native American culture is still very much around today, despite all of the barriers the indigenous peoples have had to face over the centuries.
Native Americans have had to fight for equal rights for a long time, and though life for indigenous people is overall better now than per se 50 years ago, things still aren’t perfect.
There is so much Native American history that needs to be discussed, and we don’t believe we can do it justice as of now, so for the rest of this article, we will talk about the Native American Heritage Month in particular.
In 1990, a joint resolution was passed by Congress and signed by at-the-time President George H W Bush (R), which designated November to be the National American Indian Heritage Month, now known as National Native American Heritage Month. This year, President Joe Biden (D) proclaimed the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month, as is tradition every November now.
On October 31st, the White House put out a statement saying, “This month, we celebrate Native American history and culture. We are reminded that with hard work and a commitment to our founding ideals, we can address the wrongs of our past and become a more perfect Union — one that ensures liberty, justice, dignity, and equality for all.”*
Footnote: Our Twitter/X: @WiscAdvance Article wrote by Alex (@enbyalex9 on Twitter/X), on November 2, 2023. *Source of White House statement: White House, https://tinyurl.com/2tjjnxp6 Copyright The Wisconsin Advance
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