American Indian Heritage Month

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American IndianHeritage Month
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U.S. Federal and State Reservations
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• Gifts of the American Indian
• Heritage

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Food

• Pumpkins

Turkey
Hot Chocolate
Peanuts
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NAMESOF LOCATIONS
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Ohio (Great River)
Missouri (town of large canoes)
Lake Tahoe (Big Water)
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Kentucky (Land of Tomorrow)
Utah (people of the mountains)
Roanoke, Virginia (shell money)
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The Great Serpent Mound

• rural Adams County, Ohio

• Twelve Hundred Feet long
• Four to Six Feet High
• Believed to be constructed by early North
  American Indians

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"The most famous of all such (effigy) mounds is the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, 1,330 feet in length along its coils and averaging three feet in height. --E.H. Roseboom F. P. WeisenburgerA History of Ohio
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Navajo Code Talkers

• Served in the United States Marines from
  1942-1945
• Helped the Marines take Guadalcanal, Tarawa,
  Peleliu and Iwo Jima as well as serving in every
  single assault
• The original 29 were awarded Congressional Gold
  Medals of Honor on July 26, 2001

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"Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would
never have taken Iwo Jima." Major Howard
Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer
"Awarding these medals will give our nation a chance to bestow an honor that is long overdue and to formally thank these brave men for their contributions." - Senator Jeff Bingaman
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Ten Largest American Indian Tribes, 2000
Name Population Name Population
Cherokee 729,533
Navajo 298,197
Latin American Indian 180,940
Choctaw 158,774
Sioux 153,360
Chippewa 149,669
Apache 96,833
Blackfeet 85,750
Iroquois 80,822
Pueblo 74,085
Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary
File 1.