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National American Indian Heritage Month

November 5th, 2009 Molly

Celebrate the 9th Annual NIH American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month.  The purpose of this month is to honor and recognize the original peoples of this land.  Wisconsin’s history is rich and several American Indian areas of significance are located here.  Featured historic properties in Wisconsin for American Indian Heritage Month 2009 include:

• Black Hawk Powwow Grounds, Jackson County, WI The powwow grounds, in Jackson County, Wisconsin, have been used as a ceremonial and social event center, as well as a dance-ring or powwow ground, since at least the late 1800’s and possibly well before.
• McCord Village, northern Wisconsin
  Settled around 1890-1900 by Potawatomi, Ojibwe and related American Indians, the population of McCord was composed of inter-tribal marriages and offspring of Midewiwin and Big Drum societies from the Potawatomi and Ojibwe nations, and also some medicine people from the HoChunk and Menominee Nations.
• Saint Joseph of the Lake Church and Cemetery, Menominee, WI
  Community center for the South Branch Menominee and a place for the preservation and continuation of their traditional life-ways.

For reading lists of American Indian fiction, American Indian videos, books about Native Peoples of Wisconsin, books by American Indian authors and illustrators, as well as selected internet resources, please refer to our American Indian Heritage Month web page.

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