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Celebrating Native American heritage

American Indians and Alaska Natives heritage month is a time to celebrate contributions and acknowledge the history, traditions and hardships of Native Americans.

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  • Kansas City Indian Center, operates as the Kansas City area’s only multi-purpose social service agency for American Indians. Their mission is to encourage social, educational, and economic advancement of the American Indian community by…
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  • "The National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities."
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  • Spirit Run

    a 6,000-mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

    Álvarez, Noé,
    BookNew York : Catapult, [2020] — BIO Alvarez N. 02/2020
  • Living Nations, Living Words

    An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

    BookNew York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 811.008 Living 04/2021
  • Notable Native People

    50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

    Keene, Adrienne, 1985-
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2021] — 920.0092 Keene 10/2021
  • Waa'aka'

    the Bird Who Fell in Love With the Sun

    Alvitre, Cindi, 1955-
    BookBerkeley, CA : Heyday, [2020] — E 398.2097 Alvitre 09/2020
  • This Place

    150 Years Retold

    Graphic NovelWinnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, 2019. — GRAPHIC This
  • Music CDLondon : World Music Network, p2012. — CD WORLD Rough
  • Online MagazineInternational Artist Publishing, Inc.
  • Redbone

    the True Story of a Native American Rock Band

    Staebler, Christian, 1958-
    Graphic NovelSan Diego, California : Idea and Design Works, [2020]. — GRAPHIC 791.4409 Staebler
  • Earth Song, Sky Spirit

    Short Stories of the Contemporary Native American Experience

    BookNew York : Anchor Books, 1993, c1992. — FICTION Earth
  • BookNew York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 818.5403 Harjo 08/2021
  • BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — FICTION Orange Tommy 05/2018
  • When the Rain Sings

    Poems by Young Native Americans

    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1999. — J 811 When
  • DVD[New York?] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2011] — DVD Bury
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    An Indian History of the American West : the Illustrated Edition

    Brown, Dee, 1908-2002
    BookNew York : Sterling Innovation, 2009. — 978 Brown