The celebration of National Native American Heritage Month has happened every November since a resolution was signed in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush.
The first state to recognize an American Indian Day—the second Saturday of May—was New York in 1916.
Ken Krall talked with Melinda Young, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians about what the month means...
Melinda Young has been serving as Interim Executive Director of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.
