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Native American Heritage Month highlights art and subsistence stories
Hindustan Times·
National Native American Heritage Month in November highlights tribal communities across the United States. In Las Vegas, Fawn Douglas weaves conduit wire baskets for the Wai Gallery, which hosts free art programs. In Kipnuk, Alaska, the Paul family resumed salmonberry picking a year after Typhoon Halong damaged 90 percent of village buildings, filling a five-gallon bucket.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Free programs at the Wai Gallery in Las Vegas offer collage and chalk activities open to visitors during Heritage Month.
- Subsistence berry harvests in Kipnuk depend on seasonal weather after Typhoon Halong wrecked 90 percent of buildings.
- Foster-care advocates cite the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act when pushing for Indigenous placements.
What's Happening
- Douglas opened the gallery ahead of November's Heritage Month celebrations.
- The Paul family scanned tundra from a boat for orange salmonberries called naunraqs.
- A separate story noted Rosa Soto Alvarez fostered 25 children while leading a Yaqui ICWA committee.
Typhoon Halong Recovery In Alaska
- Typhoon Halong floated some Kipnuk houses miles away and displaced nearly all residents.
- Berry picking trips resumed when scattered family members could return together.
- Caley Paul said coming home and seeing the community felt heartwarming.
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