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November is Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The celebration of Indigenous cultures began with President Reagan proclaiming a week-long celebration in 1986. Every President since 1995 has issued annual proclamations designating the month of November as the time to honor and celebrate the cultures, accomplishments, and contributions of Native American and Alaska Native communities. There are many museums, TV shows, exhibits, libraries, community centers, etc. showing special programming and holding events to celebrate. Research your local communities to see how you can attend these exhibits/shows and/or watch these programs to learn more. In the workplace, we as leaders need to be committed to recruiting, hiring, engaging, and supporting Native American, Alaska Native, Canadian Indian, Latin American Indian, Hawaiian Native, Pacific Islanders, and all other Island and Indigenous American employees as they move through their career journeys. #nativeamerican #nativeamericanheritage #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nativeamericanandalaskanativemonth #alaskanative #hawaiiannative #pacificislanders #latinamericanindian #canadianindian #americanindian #honor #celebrateheritage #learnmore #nativeamericancommunity #diversity #diversityandinclusion #employeeengagement #employeeexperience #careergrowth #careerdevelopment #careerjourney

With November being Native American Heritage Month, it's the perfect opportunity for your team to learn about the immense challenges that Indigenous people endured and continue to face, the traditions of Indigenous communities and how to honor Indigenous culture in engaging and respectful ways! 🤗 Check out the article below to learn more about how you and your team can celebrate Native American Heritage Month. 👇🏽

As we move into the first weekend of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, here are some things to consider (and, of course, actionable insight).

It's a small and easy step that you can take this month during Native American Heritage Month to both honor, celebrate, and learn about Native/Indigenous peoples past and present. And as this great resource shares, it's not enough to do this work just this month, but to have representation all year long... because folks do not inhabit their indigenous identities or histories solely in November, they're Native every day. Learning is one way we make change and change in turn can move us toward justice. "Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Native cultures and communities. To honor Native peoples, we uplift their honest histories, significant contributions and contemporary experiences. As scholar Debbie Reese reminds us about supporting Native American young people: “Our children are Native every day. But in far too many places, books by Native writers are only brought into the classroom in November [during Native American Heritage month]. We are who we are, all year long. Use the books, all year round. Bring those possible selves into the classroom as a matter of course so that Native children’s identities are affirmed, every day.” We offer the following resources to honor and teach the truth about Native peoples and to help ensure that learning about this heritage takes place all year long." #landback #indigenousknowledge #indigenousrights #nativeamericanheritagemonth #equityandinclusion

Pivot Point: Deepening our understanding of Native American Heritage and Culture.

As we move into the first weekend of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, here are some things to consider (and, of course, actionable insight).

On this day, OAR celebrates and honors all Indigenous Peoples and communities all across the country and all OAR participants and their families who are a part of these beautiful communities. Although there is so much to celebrate and be grateful for, we also want to pay our respects and take a moment to also allow room for mourning and grievances for all the ancestors, land, and culture that was taken from Indigenous Peoples and their communities due to the colonization of Indigenous peoples and their land. As a part of OAR’s Upstream efforts, we lift up the voices of all Black, Indigenous, Latine/x/o/a, Asian, and Multicultural (BILAM) people, to create a safe, harmonious community for all to live and thrive. We want to remind our community of the true meaning behind the “Thanksgiving” holiday - that it is a colonized holiday that is a reminder of the harm, violence, and repression brought upon Indigenous Peoples and the theft of their Native lands. Not just today, but every single day, we want to honor and respect all Indigenous Peoples, their ancestors, and all the contributions, culture, labor, and land that belong to these communities, and help dismantle the colonized projection of this holiday. With respect to Indigenous People’s Heritage month, here are some more accounts that you can follow in support of amplifying Indigenous People’s voices: @indigneouspeoplesmovement @indigenouswomenrising @indigenouswomenintech @indigenouswomenhike @nativelovestories @yourkinfolkz @globalindigenousnetwork @illuminative @indigenouseducators @riseindigenous @nativeorganizersalliance @rezilienceorg @decolonizemyself