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November is National American Indian Heritage Month

National American Indian Heritage Month Program

The Federal Triangle Partnership, consisting of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is pleased to announce its program commemorating 2008 National American Indian Heritage Month, which is celebrated annually during the month of November. The 2008 national theme is "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America’s Great Partners.”

This year's program will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, from 10:00 AM -11:00 AM, in the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center. To view directions to the Pavilion Ballroom, go to http://www.itcdc.com/index.php, and scroll down to the Interactive Building Map directory. The Reagan Building is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, and is accessible from the Federal Triangle Metro station on the blue/orange lines. Seating for this event is on a first come, first serve basis.

The keynote speaker will be Douglas Kanentiio, lecturer, author, award-winning journalist, and film consultant. He is nationally recognized as a primary source of information about Iroquois politics and culture. His writings have been featured in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Toronto Star. Mr. Kanentiio was a consultant on films such as Hiawatha’s Story, technical advisor on the IMAX Film, Man Who Would be King, and the television series, How the West Was Lost. He was extensively involved in the documentary featured on the Discovery Channel, Divided We Fall: The Iroquois and the American Revolution. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Native American Television network.

In addition, there will be a performance by Joanne Shenandoah, an Iroquois singer, acoustic guitarist, and actress. Ms. Shenandoah’s music is a mixture of traditional songs and melodies, with a blend of traditional and contemporary instrumentation. She has received eleven Native American Music Awards, Grand Prize from the Native Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, for her soundtrack in the documentary Our Land Our Life, three Grammy Award nominations, and has recorded fourteen albums. As an actress Ms. Shenandoah was featured in the television documentary Dancing on Mother Earth, co-starred in the film The Last Winter, and the Discovery Channel's documentary First Nations: The Iroquois, scheduled for broadcast November, 2008.

This program is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to (202) 482-4481 or TTY (202) 482-2030 as soon as possible, so that arrangements can be made. If you have any questions about this program, please contact Senora Coggs, OCR, at (202) 482-8190

2008 National Theme: Celebrating Tribal Nations: American’s Great Partners. 

National American Indian Heritage Month honors and recognizes the original peoples of this land.

Although the first "American Indian Day" was declared by the State of New York in 1916, a month long recognition of Native Americans was not achieved until 1990. In that year, President George H.W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." The month is also called "American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month."