NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: Seeking the Spirit through Music

From: Washington Afro-American | Date: November 16, 1996| Author: Eve M. Ferguson | Copyright information


Washington Afro-American

11-16-1996

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: Seeking the Spirit through Music.

November is Native American Heritage Month, which to many American, means nothing more than celebrating the only holiday even remotely associated with Native Americans; Thanksgiving. But for many First Nations people, Thanksgiving, with all its popular trappings, has little to do with their heritage. And though the reality is very sad, many Americans have never...

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