Cerro Coso Library Blog

Native American Heritage Month

In 1990, November was declared Native American Heritage Month. This weekend, the Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival kicks off its own celebration with Native American musicians and artisans, local vendors, and bus tours of Little Petroglyph Canyon.

Want to learn more about Native American history and culture? Here are some eBooks to get you started:

• Documents of Native American Political Development: 1500s to 1933
• Encyclopedia of American Indian History
• Encyclopedia of Native American Artists
• Everything You Know about Indians is Wrong
• I Am Where I Come From : Native American College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories
• Native Americans: 1451-2017
• Native Storiers: Five Selections
• Seven Myths of Native American History
• Surviving through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs: A California Indian Reader
• Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians

And don't forget to check out the National Native American Heritage Month online exhibit, compiled by the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, and other national galleries.