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National American Indian Heritage Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide

A guide to the laws and presidential proclamations which establish and designate National American Indian Heritage Month (November).

Introduction

National American Indian Heritage Month celebrates and recognizes the accomplishments of the peoples who were the original inhabitants, explorers, and settlers of the United States.

The Law Library of Congress has prepared material with commentary and recommended resources for selected national observances and commemorative months. This guide provides a brief history of the laws and presidential proclamations which established National American Indian Heritage Week and then National American Indian Heritage Month.

Edward S. Curtis, photographer. [The terraced houses of Zuni]. c1903. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

For more information on National American Heritage Month see the Library of Congress National Native American Heritage Month page.