{"id":10094,"date":"2022-11-18T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=10094"},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:48:33","slug":"celebrate-native-american-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/celebrate-native-american-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Native American Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy Native American Heritage Month. As a university that sits on the homelands of many tribes<\/a> past and present, it is important to us to acknowledge the significant contributions that Native Americans have made to our culture and sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native American Scientists<\/a> provides a short biography of the lives and work of Fred Begay, Wilfred F. Denetclaw Jr., Frank C. Dukepoo, Clifton Poodry, and Jerrel Yakel. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Viewing the ancestors : perceptions of the Anaasa\u0301zi\u0301, Mokwic\u030c, and Hisatsinom<\/a> combines the oral histories of several tribal cultures with the science of archaeology to build a more complete history of structures at Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Canyon de Chelly. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Have you ever looked at the night sky and wondered who else has seen those same stars? In The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota visions of the Cosmos<\/a> you can learn about the work done by Lakota astronomers in the 19th century, including how they named stars and constellations and explained the natural phenomena they saw.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In African American Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia<\/a> learn how these groundbreaking women shaped the region and supported their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Do you know other books about the impact that Native Americans have had in STEM fields? Let us know! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reminder: next week is Fall Break. We will be open Monday, Nov. 21, and Tuesday, Nov. 22, from 8:30 am to 5 p.m. then closed from Wednesday, Nov. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 27. Regular hours will resume on the Monday, Nov. 28.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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