Gooooooooooooooooood evening /r/IndianCountry! It's a good day (and month!) to be Indigenous, that's for sure. Tonight, we would like to announce the events that are planned for Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) during this coming month of November. If you'll recall, we constructed a program for last year as well. This year, the mod team has been running on NDN time. We still want to highlight some items this November, though, and we will be changing how things have gone in the past a bit. So check out the schedule below.

I. Community Discussions (not a complete list)

Last year, we had an appointed individual write an introduction for the proposed topic and structured the discussions more towards participation as opposed to presentation. This year, the community discussions will be general posts that give a space for each of us to discuss certain key topics that have been prevalent on the sub lately. They will be stickied to the top and are open for discussion from everyone. These might not be text posts, but could be from other types of posts that are already having 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 - 11/6: Native American Voter Suppression

• 11/7 - 11/14: Native American Candidates and Election Results

• 11/15 - 11/24: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

• 11/24 - 11/30: ICWA and Community Experiences with Adoption

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. As of right now, we only have two AMAs confirmed. We are waiting on confirmation from others who we have reached out to.

Confirmed AMAs with dates

• Nov. 1st, 5pm (EST): Kathryn MacCormick - Pamunkey, Reservation Soil Erosion Project

• (TBA): Dawn Barron - Mississippi Choctaw/Mexican/White, Director of Native Pathways Program at The Evergreen State College

III. Charity/Non-Profit Native Organizations

This year, we wanted to also showcase several Native organizations worth donating to. Each week, we will highlight one in particular to voice our support for them and give people a chance to check out the work they do and even donate if y'all feel so inclined. While we will have five listed here, we are open to showcasing many more. Just let us know if you have suggestions and we can rotate them out after several days.

1. Native American LifeLines

2. National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

3. Native American Rights Fund

4. American Indian College Fund

5. National Congress of American Indians

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 Natives and non-Natives) could join us for these events and help celebrate Indigenous heritage throughout all of Turtle Island. Qe'ci'yew'yew! (Thank you)