Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month!

Learn about and celebrate Indigenous People' Day with your students. Find even more resources from NK360° and the museum for teaching with Native perspectives.

Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide. We strive to go beyond old ways of talking about Indigenous people and to develop a platform where Indigenous communities can represent themselves and their histories on their own terms. In doing so, Native Land Digital creates spaces where non-Indigenous people can be invited and challenged to learn more about the lands they inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward together.

We partner with, promote and support Indigenous organizations, individuals and initiatives that facilitate cultural pathways and provide socio-economic support to Indigenous communities.

Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., has designed a map of Native American tribes showing their locations before first contact with Europeans.

Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from: Genetics, environmental factors, access to care or cultural factors. On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect American Indians and Alaska Natives.

This is the online version of the physical panel exhibition with many additional resources, including: more than 80 recorded interviews, historical timelines, and additional resources. The NLM is still restricting traveling exhibits at this time.
Exhibition
Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Visitors will discover how Native concepts of health and illness are closely tied to the concepts of community, spirit, and the land.

The Eagle Books are a series of books for young readers that encourage healthy living. They were developed in response to the burden of diabetes among Native Americans and the lack of diabetes prevention materials for Native American children. The colorful, Native American inspired characters in the stories promote healthy eating, physical activity, and diabetes awareness. The books were written by Georgia Perez, a community health representative in Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico, and illustrated by Patrick Rolo (Bad River Band of Ojibwe, Wisconsin) and Lisa A. Fifield (Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, Black Bear Clan).
Available through the Native Diabetes Wellness Program of the CDC. All the books are downloadable for free.

Teach students an accurate and more complete history of Native and Indigenous peoples in celebration of Native American Heritage Month—and all year long! Including information from experts at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, these LFJ resources can help.