November is National Native American Heritage Month. Celebrate with the Small Business Administration by attending a live webinar panel discussion focusing on opportunities to help uplift and support Native-owned small businesses Nov. 17.
11/11/2022 10:00 A.M.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is hosting a live webinar panel discussion with Jackson Brossy, assistant administrator, Office of Native American Affairs, and small business owner Carrie Hill of Chill Baskets in Akwesasne, New York, in honor of National Native American Heritage Month, Nov. 17., 1 to 2 p.m. EST.
The discussion will center on the value of financial wellness, the generational wealth that can be created via business ownership and expanding equity, and opportunities to support Native-owned small businesses, according to the SBA. The discussion will also cover the SBA’s services that assist Native startups looking to launch as well as existing small companies as they pivot and grow in a changing climate.
History of National Native American Heritage Month
One of the first proponents of a day of recognition for Native Americans was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, New York. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the “First Americans,” and for three years, they adopted such a day, according to nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov.
In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association met in Lawrence, Kansas, and formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. President Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.
After years of deliberation on a nationwide period of recognition, in 1990, President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name, have been issued each year since 1994.
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