NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2015
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
American Indians and Alaska Natives enrich every aspect of our country. As the
first to live on this land, Native Americans and their traditions and values
Please download our October Newsletter.
Nebo Title VII Public Meeting will be held May 6, 2015 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Larsen Elementary School in Spanish Fork, Utah. We will give information about the supplementary federal grant that runs our Title VII program. Please come and participate in this important meeting. If you have any questions please contact me at 801-361-9030.
Thank you.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/12/white-house-launches-generation-indigenous-native-youth-challenge
Prepared Remarks of First Lady Michelle Obama for White House Convening on Creating Opportunity for Native Youth:
Nebo Title VII student performing group "Wasatch Eagles" were invited to sing for Senators on American Indian Caucus Day on 2/12/15. We took a bus of American Indian students to the capital to watch 2 bills go through legislation, met tribal leaders and took a tour. The song is called the "Deer Song" composed by Jennifer Kreisberg.
The following resource may be useful for teacher planning to teach about thanksgiving. It is an essay by Dennis Zotigh originally written for Thanksgiving 2011.
http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2013/11/do-indians-celebrate-thanksgiving.html
