WHAT??RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.

Blog: RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.

From: To:     »     Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007 Subject: RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.   We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition: Recognize Native American Month In September Target: roger versch, Native American Sponsor: Roger Versch Signatures: 251 Goal: 10,000 Deadline: Ongoing... See Full Petition Email this Petition I am starting this Petition to recognize Native American Month for the Month of September. I want to submit this to the congressmen and the senate to get this approved we must get as many signatures as possible. Send this to all your friends and Repost. Being The US was truely founded by the Native Americans Dont you think "WE" should be recognized!!! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/157208149 Please let's get this petition going. Note and vote, post and cross post if you believe in the cause. Thanks and HUGS! The Creation of American Indian Heritage Month A brief history Source: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs - BIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Arthur C. Parker What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. Early Proponents One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens. The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed. State Celebrations The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of N.Y. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. Heritage Months In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations have been issued each year since 1994. The theme for 2004 is "Celebrating our Strengths."  E-News from Native American Public Telecommunications Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With A Three Course Feast For The Ear ... Coming soon to Public Television and www.visionmaker.org. ... http://www.nativetelecom.org/enews/2006/october.html     City