Gooooooooooooooooood afternoon /r/IndianCountry! It's a good day to be Indigenous, that's for sure. Today, we would like to announce the events that are planned for Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) during the Month of November. If you'll recall, we constructed a program for last year as well. This year, we will be following a similar course.

I. Community Discussions

Last year, each week had a dedicated theme to discuss throughout the week. We are going to be doing the same, but with different topics. Each discussion will be written by one of the indicated users and will provide a foundation for further discussion. We encourage everyone to join in and speak their mind on the issues being brought up. This information will go in the sidebar.

• 11/1 - 11/5: DAPL (Author: /u/johnabbe)

• 11/6 - 11/12: Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Author: /u/Snapshot52)

• 11/13 - 11/19: Federal Indian Policy (Author: /u/Opechan)

• 11/20 - 11/26: Thanksgiving (we could even combine this with the mascotry one) (Author: /u/anthropology_nerd)

• 11/27 - 11/30: Decolonizing (Author: N/A)

II. AMAs

We also have several AMAs that we will host. We definitely want everyone to participate here so we can make a good name with these people for the sub and hopefully find some answers to questions we didn't know we had. This information will go in the sidebar.

Confirmed AMAs with dates

• Nov. 6th, 8 PM Central: Sarah Ortegon (artist, Ms. Native America 2013-2014)
• Nov. 9th, 11 AM Central: Paul Wenell Jr. aka "Tall Paul" (Rapper)
• Nov. 13th, 1 PM Central: Joy Harjo (Mvskoke poet, musician, and author)
• Nov. 16th, 2 Central: Brandon Lee Stevens (Onedia Councilman)
• Nov. 27th, noon Central: Tonia Jo Hall (comedian)
• Nov. 30th, 8 PM Central: Gabe Galanda (indigenous lawyer)

Confirmed AMAs without dates

• Kerry Hawk Lessard - community activist and applied medical anthropologist
• Nava Be - DC Navajo Culture Committee

That is all I have to say for now. The mod team is working really hard to get these things organized, so it would be greatly appreciated if you (and that means all of you, both native and non-native) could join us for these events and help celebrate Indigenous heritage throughout all of Turtle Island. Qe'ci'yew'yew! (Thank you)