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2022 National Native American Heritage Month Statement from The Museum at Warm Springs
(WARM SPRINGS, Ore., Nov. 1, 2022) — In 1990, United States President George H.W. Bush signed Joint Resolution 577 designating November as the first National American Indian Heritage Month. The joint resolution read: “American Indians were the original inhabitants of the lands that now constitute the United States of America.” It was the first such official statement,...
Indigenous Peoples' Day Statement for Monday, October 10, 2022
On the day that many of us grew up knowing as "Columbus Day," I am reflecting on how things have changed for Native peoples in the United States. The Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere have come a long way from the dark times that began in the 15th century with Columbus' arrival in what he called the "New World." Once numb...
