National Native American Heritage Month: Art and Music

Learn information about the conical burial mound constructed by the prehistoric Native American cultural group termed the Adena by archaeologists. The Mound Builders, also known as the Adena, were the first known settlers in present-day West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle of Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties.

"An overview of Prints & Photographs Division visual resources, including photographs, drawings, engravings, lithographs, posters, and architectural drawings, related to North American Indigenous communities. Includes search strategies and tips."

Features online exhibitions and tours.

The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
September 22, 2023 – January 15, 2024

Learn more about Pow Wows and find one near you.

"The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—approximately 266,000 catalog records (825,000 items) representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas."

"Presented here are selections from the American Folklife Center's collections documenting Omaha music traditions. The sound recordings include 44 wax cylinder recordings made in the 1890s (first published on a 1985 LP entitled Omaha Indian Music: Historical Recordings from the Fletcher/La Flesche Collection), 323 songs and spoken-word segments from the 1983 Omaha harvest celebration pow-wow, 24 spoken-word segments from an interview with an Omaha elder in 1983, 25 songs and speeches from a performance by members of the Hethu'shka Society (recorded at the Library of Congress in 1985), and 61 spoken word segments from an interview conducted with an Omaha musician in 1999."

Spotify’s First-Ever Playlist of Native American Musicians.

"For Tiny Desk Playlists, we ask musicians, creators and folks we admire to choose the Tiny Desk concerts they've come to love. To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we've asked Code Switch fellow Sam Yellowhorse Kesler to curate his favorite Tiny Desks from Native American musicians."

"Native American Heritage Month is celebrated every November in the United States. It's a time to celebrate the incredible richness and diversity of Indigenous peoples, to educate the public, and to shine a spotlight on issues plaguing Native American communities today. Here are seven active Native American musicians whose work we think you should know."