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American Indian Heritage Month
The story is the story of all of us, and it belongs to all of us.”
~ Joy Harjo (Muscogee/Creek Nation)
November is Native American Heritage Month, first established to acknowledge the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples across the United States. Many museums, cultural centers, and tribal communities share exhibits, stories, and artistic traditions during this time, highlighting both the depth of the past and the vibrancy of the present.
The Medicine Wheel—sometimes called the Spirit Wheel—is a symbol used by many Indigenous nations to express balance, connection, and the cyclical nature of life. Though its meanings differ across communities, its circle and quadrants often reflect the harmony found in the natural world: the turning seasons, the four directions, and the interwoven aspects of mind, body, spirit, and emotion. Its colors carry layers of cultural significance that continue to inspire artists and storytellers today.
The Unconquered tartan is intended to celebrate that enduring spirit of resilience, sovereignty, family, and cultural pride. Its colors draw inspiration from the Native American Spirit Wheel: red symbolizes strength and steadfast courage; light brown, representing gold, signifies prosperity; black honors ancestral traditions; and white evokes spiritual harmony and the continuous bonds of family. ❤️ 🤎 💛 🖤 🤍 🔆 🌎 🪶 🪶 🪶
Native American Heritage Month is a time to honor the deep history, cultural richness, and enduring presence of Indigenous peoples across what is now the United States. Far from being a story confined to the distant past, Native heritage lives vibrantly today—in language revivals, traditional arts, community celebrations, and the many Indigenous voices shaping modern life. What surprises many people is just how widespread that heritage is: according to recent census data, more than 9.7 million people in the U.S. identify as Native American or Alaska Native, either alone or in combination with another ancestry. That number continues to grow as more families explore and reclaim their roots.
North America is home to an incredible diversity of tribal nations—more than 570 federally recognized tribes in the United States, and many more recognized at the state or community level. From the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in the Northeast, whose Great Law of Peace influenced early American democratic ideals, to the Pueblo communities of the Southwest whose ancestral villages are among the oldest continuously inhabited places on the continent; from the Plains nations such as the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Blackfeet, to the forest homelands of the Ojibwe and Potawatomi around the Great Lakes; from the coastal cultures of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian in Alaska and British Columbia, to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole nations of the Southeast—each brings its own traditions, languages, stories, and artistic expressions.
For more on celebrations and information about this month of recognition, click the medicine wheel!