November is National Native American Heritage Month in the United States, a time to celebrate the rich cultures, traditions, and histories of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The month-long observance honors their contributions and raises awareness of their challenges and resilience, according to official U.S. government sources. The Hammonasset Indians were a group of Eastern Woodland people who lived along the coast of what is now Connecticut and whose name means “where we dig holes in the

As part of National Native American Heritage Month, students at Fairmont Elementary learned about the traditional songs, dances, and culture of the Plains Indian tribes from Southern Canada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. During a special morning assembly, Eddie Madril, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, shared these traditions and spoke about their significance at intertribal gatherings (powwows) across the United Sta