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American Indian Heritage Month
The calendar below lists American Indian Heritage month activities at Smithsonian
Affiliate organizations, venues hosting SITES exhibitions and programs sponsored
by the Smithsonian Associates. Visit
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage
for Smithsonian hosted events.
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| Arizona |
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| Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park |
Phoenix, AZ |
Date: October 27, 2007 – January 6, 2008
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Description: Native Words Native Warriors exhibition, from the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition
Service, explores the role that hundreds of Native American soldiers played in both world wars,
serving the United States by using their Native languages to send and receive secret messages.
These messages proved undecipherable to the enemy and helped the U.S. achieve victory. Native
Words, Native Warriors tells the remarkable story of these American heroes and highlights the
cultural backgrounds that made possible their unique and valuable contribution to the war effort.
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| California |
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| Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
(Smithsonian Affiliate) |
Palm Springs, CA |
Date: November 7-10, 2007
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Description: The National Museum of the American Indian's Dr. Helen Scheirbeck will travel
to Palm Springs to lecture at the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum's "Spirit Keepers" lecture
series. Dr. Scheirbeck will lecture and do museum workshops based on her experiences in her career
and discuss education in the Native American community.
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| Connecticut |
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| Mashantucket Pequot Museum
(Smithsonian Affiliate) |
Mashantucket, CT |
Date: November 16-18, 2007
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Description:
Buy unique gifts direct from Native artists at the Museum’s annual Winter Moon Holiday Market
featuring hand-crafted art, exquisite jewelry, carvings, clothing and much more. Meet dozens
of artists while you browse, listen to the stories behind their creations and learn about traditions
of these indigenous people. Also on view, the exhibition Native Waters: Sharing the Source
incorporates science, art, film and Native American cultural traditions to increase awareness and
respect for water resources.
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| Massachusetts |
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| Plimoth Plantation
(Smithsonian Affiliate) |
Plymoth, MA |
Date: Ongoing programs
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Description:
All month long, Plimoth Plantation offers 1627 Harvest Dinners, culminating, of course, in a
variety of Thanksgiving dining events in this most authentic setting. Discover the foods and
table manners that traveled across the Atlantic with the Pilgrims, and find out what really
happened at the harvest celebration of 1621. Also, all month, Plimoth Plantation will be
screening the History Channel’s film, Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower.
This film sheds new light on the shared, but popularly misunderstood, history of the Native
Wampanoag and English colonists of 1620 Plymouth Colony.
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| Washington |
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| Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
(Smithsonian Affiliate) |
Spokane, WA |
Date: Ongoing programs
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Description:
The Museum seeks to actively engage the people of the Inland Northwest in life-long learning about
regional history, visual arts, American Indian and other cultures, especially those specific to the
region. The museum's collections bring to life over a century of Spokane history translating them
into a three-dimensional tapestry of personal stories.
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