We have Black History month, what happened to American Indian Month?

It went the way of the Mohicans?

You’re right. I didn’t know they had a month. In a sense, the whole idea is counter to integration, or whatever the catch word is this week. It points up the differences that we’re supposed to pretend not to notice.

the rights to it were sold for $24.

That’s Native American. It’s no longer politically correct to call them Indians.

In my elementary, middle and high school there was a significant overview of American history, which had a great amount of focus on the original Americans-Indians.

Comparable, with the exception of Martin Luther King, Jr, Booker T. Washington and Harriet Tubman there isn’t a lot of focus concerning the contributions of “African-Americans(blacks).

My personal opinion is that there should there should be a month of inclusion, for all people of color who have made contributions in building America.

I think it is in November, never hear much about it though, this is a shame.

@smashbox- it’s in February.

@TLRobinson, thank you for that correction.

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I think I will go research Native American Indian month, I thought it was in November.

@smashbox ironic, since Thanksgiving is also celebrated in November, and that holiday is much protested by Native Americans.
@TLRobinson isn’t that Black History month?

@holden- that’s what I was referring to.

I was referring to Native American Indian Month being in November.

@smashbox- my apologies. If that’s the month, that is a shame that it’s not widely known or celebrated.

@TLRobinson, no problem, and yes it is a shame.

It was in November. Sorry you missed it. I enjoyed it a lot.

Wow, so November is Native American History month. I wonder what history is told, and why we see nothing of it on TV. Is there a Chinese American history month? Lord knows they certainly did more than their share in putting this country together.

Since the entire race has been pretty much decimated there’s no need for it !!
All we have now is white people with braids posing as Native Americans

@Pretty_Lilly: Actually there are a lot of us still around, and there is a need for it: to educate ignorant people like you.

Native American Heritage Month is indeed in November, and has been since 1915. Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y., was the one who got it started by convincing the Boy Scouts to celebrate it first as a day. Later it was expanded to a month.

Then there is also Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries, and which can be and is celebrated by many Native Americans who are also Hispanic.

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which encompasses not only the Chinese, but also the Japanese, the Hawaiians, the Guamanians, the Koreans, and now the Vietnamese who have become Americans.

If anyone here is in the military you will see poster displays put up for the various heritage months in places such as the on-base clinic, the Exchange, or the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command.

@Pretty_Lilly I happen to know that there are a LOT more than a handful of full blooded NAs left. I lived in an area with a large NA population, hung out with them, went to powwows with them, and sweated with them. There are a lot more of them left than you know. This was not near a reservation and, on and near a reservation, of course, there are many. There are even more partial blooded ones, of course.

Why would you say that to @La_chica_gomela? You do not know anything about her. That is rather an insulting thing to say. In fact, after having spent years in the environment I mentioned, I know exactly how insulting that was.

I state that I am ¾ blooded Rromani Gypsy. Are you going to tell me that I am a poser as well?

@Silhouette – Heh heh! Did you know that they can’t tell kids to sit “Indian style” anymore? They now have to say sit “Criss, cross, applesauce”. Gag!