Native American Heritage Month
November 2021
November is Native American Heritage Month and we are happy to be sharing opportunities for you to honor, recognize and learn more about the First Nations/American Indian/Indigenous communities in our regional and national community! Below are events that our office is hosting as well as events and resources to support your observance of this important heritage month.
“Jicarilla Maiden”c. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Unidentified Men, Northern Shoshone or Bannockc. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
“Fish-weir across Trinity River”c. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Leonard Edmo, Jack Edmo, Eugene Edmo, Northern Shoshonec. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
“Yurok Canoe on Trinity River”c. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Luqaiot – Kittitasc. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
“The Vanishing Race – Navaho” c. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Masked dancers – Qagyuhlc. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Vash Gon – Jicarillac. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis 
Ralph Dixey and Peter Jim or Captain Willie, Boise Valley Shoshone and Northern Shoshonec. 1907-1930. Edward S. Curtis
Perspectives: Learning from the Lakota – (we are offering two dates of this program)
This event aims to help illuminate a more accurate history of our Indigenous/American Indian People in the U.S. context and understand how that history is impacting the present.
- Friday, 11/19 from 12-1 pm – via Zoom – click HERE to register
- Monday, 11/22 from 12-1 pm – via Zoom – click HERE to register
The Myth of the Thanksgiving Story: Transforming our Relationship to this Beloved Holiday
This event aims to deepen our awareness of the truth around the first Thanksgiving and how we grapple with that truth as we continue valued family time and traditions.
- Tuesday, 11/23 from 12-1 pm via Zoom – click HERE to register
Additional Events and Resources for Native American Heritage Month:
- Native Women & Political Activism – Thursday, 11/18/21 – MO History Museum – 5:30-8:00 pm
- Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies
- Cahokia Mounds – One of the greatest cities of the world, Cahokia was larger than London was in AD 1250…and it is right across the river!
- 8 Documentaries from PBS’s Independent Lens
Recordings from past events
MLK Jr. Commemoration Week (Jan. 18 – 22, 2021)
Increasing DEI through Accreditation – Conference featuring William A. McDade, MD, PhD (March 5, 2021)
LGBTQ Health Month (April 2021)
Building Trust in Healthcare panel series (Sept. 2021)
2021 Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture “Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital” (October 2021)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Expanding Our Lens for Inclusion (October 2021)
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