It's Native American month!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2002

"Friday kicked off a monthlong celebration of American Indian culture, the result of the American Indian Heritage Month Act, passed by Congress on Aug. 3, 1990.

There are 44,241 American Indians in Colorado, or 1 percent of the state's population, according to the census.

In the past 34 years in Colorado, Indian activism, politics, social and cultural activities and accomplishments have included:

� The establishment of the Indian Education Program at the University of Colorado in 1969.

� The founding of the Native American Rights Fund in 1970.

� The debut of the American Indian Movement in Denver in 1970. . . "

Get the Story:
Jackson: November is American Indian Heritage Month (The Denver Rocky Mountain News 11/4)
American Indian culture focus of this month's Festival of Nations (The Kansas State Collegian 11/4)
National American Indian Heritage Month, 2002 (The White House 11/1)