Honoring National Native American Heritage Month

Three of the many films in the Indigenous Peoples of North America Collection in Kanopy

November is Native American Heritage Month, first recognized in 1990. To celebrate, we are sharing some of our resources on the history and current cultures of native peoples in America.

Movies

Indigenous Peoples of North America Collection in Kanopy — an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films, available to you for free as a member of the JMU community
Indigenous Studies Collection in Docuseek — an online streaming video platform that provides members of the JMU community with access to independent, social-issue, and environmental documentary films

In Our Collections

Indigenous Newspapers in North America – nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada
Indigenous Peoples of North America – a comprehensive collection of documents from American and Canadian governments, institutions, and tribal publications
Native American and Indigenous Studies – a research guide

Information About Local Indigenous Communities

Native American communities of the Shenandoah Valley (from Dr. Carole Nash)

Events

Native American Heritage Month events hosted by the Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS)