A Brief History of Native American Indian Heritage Month

A Celebration to Commemorate National American
Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
Sunday, November 19th, 2006

• Genocide and Plains Indians Smallpox
• Legends of our Times
• National Congress of American Indians
• Council of Energy Resource Tribes
• Indian Nations and Tribes (Territory Laws)
• Bureau of the Census - American Indian Population
• Bureau of the Census - Fact Finder
• Glossary of Native American Terms

• bayou – from the Choctaw “bayuk”
• chipmunk – from the Ojibwa “ajidamoon,” red squirrel
• hickory – from the Virginia Algonquian “pocohiquara”
• kayak – from the Alaskan Yupik “qayaq”
• pecan – from the Illinois “pakani”
• squash – from the Narragansett “askutasquash”
• More U.S. English Words with Indian Origins