Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Libraries!

Unadetiyisgv Ayvwiya Tsunadelenv yunadvnedi sinvdo gvdodi Gowelitsunisquanigododi! | Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Libraries! 

ᎤᎾᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅ ᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎧᎸᎢ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎪᏪᎵᏧᏂᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ! [Cherokee (Syllabary)]
Unadetiyisgv Ayvwiya Tsunadelenv yunadvnedi sinvdo gvdodi Gowelitsunisquanigododi! [Cherokee phonetic] 

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Libraries! This year’s theme is Honoring Indigenous Identity and Culture.  

Arkansas is home to many Indigenous peoples and sits on the lands of the Caddo, Quapaw, and Osage. Upon the forced removal of Native Americans from other areas, the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw would also come to Arkansas. Today, there are 7.4 million American Indian and Alaska Natives living in the United States, 325 federally recognized reservations, 221 Alaska Native villages, and 574 federally recognized tribes (United States Census Bureau, 2024). 

Mullins Library has two book displays honoring Native American Heritage Month: the  Children’s Literature Collection: Native American Heritage Month and the Main Collection: Native American Heritage Month Display. Please feel free to check out these books! 

In addition to our book collections, we also have several databases to help with research on Indigenous peoples, such as: 

• Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America 

• North American Indian Thought and Culture 

• Indigenous Newspapers in North America 

• Native Americans in History, 1663-1928 

• Native Health Database 

• North American Indian Drama 

And trial databases, such as: 

• American Indian Wars, 1830-1898 Series 1 thru 4 

• Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America 

• Native American Documents: The Federal Record Series 1 Thru 4 

To learn more about the Cherokee language used in this post, please visit the Cherokee Nation Language Department.