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November is “National Native American Heritage Month” Next Friday is now "National Heritage Day"

Press Release
Published 11/17/2011 - 7:31 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution co-sponsored by Senator Murkowski recognizing November as National Native American Heritage Month – and next Friday as Native American Heritage Day.

“Forty percent of all the federally recognized tribes in the United States call Alaska home,” said Murkowski. “So I am proud to call attention to our Alaska’s First People – and American Indians and Native Hawaiians, as well – and celebrate their rich contribution to our society.”

The resolution recognizes and celebrates the vibrant cultures of the Native Americans in the United States. There are 565 federally recognized tribes in the United States, 229 of which reside in Alaska, and census data indicates nearly 5 million people in the United States claim Native American heritage.

Started in 1990, President George H.W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 as “National American Indian Heritage Month.”
 

Please visit any of these 29 federally recognized tribal websites located in Washington.


Tribe Tribal website
Chehalis Confederated Tribes http://www.chehalistribe.org/
Colville Confederated Tribes http://www.colvilletribes.com/
Cowlitz Tribe http://www.cowlitz.org/
Hoh Tribe http://hohtribe-nsn.org/
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe http://www.jamestowntribe.org/
Kalispel Tribe http://www.kalispeltribe.com/
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe http://www.elwha.org/
Lummi Tribe http://www.lummi-nsn.org/website/index2.html
Makah Tribe http://www.makah.com/
Muckleshoot Tribe http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/
Nisqually Tribe http://www.nisqually-nsn.gov/
Nooksack Tribe http://www.nooksack-tribe.org/
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe http://www.pgst.nsn.us/
Puyallup Tribe http://www.puyallup-tribe.com/
Quileute Tribe http://www.quileutenation.org/
Quinault Tribe http://www.quinaultindiannation.com/
Samish Nation http://www.samishtribe.nsn.us/
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe http://www.sauk-suiattle.com/
Shoalwater Bay Tribe http://www.shoalwaterbay-nsn.gov/
Skokomish Tribe http://hood.hctc.com/~skok1/frame.htm
Snoqualmie Tribe http://www.snoqualmienation.com/
Spokane Tribe http://www.spokanetribe.com/
Squaxin Island Tribe http://www.squaxinisland.org/
Stillaguamish Tribe http://www.stillaguamish.com/
Suquamish Tribe http://www.suquamish.nsn.us/
Swinomish Tribe http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov/
Tulalip Tribe http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/
Upper Skagit Tribe  
Yakama Nation http://www.yakamanation-nsn.gov/index.php

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