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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022 November Native American Heritage MonthCOLUMBIA HEIGHTS PROCLAMATION Native American Heritage Month: November 2022 WHEREAS, there is a deep, rich Native American history in the State of Minnesota going back 10,000 years. Minnesota is home to eleven Tribal Nations and a resilient and robust urban Native American community. Along with the Dakota people and Anishinaabe people, the Ho - Chunk, Cheyenne, Oto, Iowa, Hidatsa, Arikara, Naninin, Cree, Blackfeet, Assiniboine, and the Sac and Fox tribes also acknowledge Minnesota as important to their tribal histories; and WHEREAS, members and descendants of tribes around the United States and First Nations of Canada also reside in the state of Minnesota, including our city of Columbia Heights; and WHEREAS, Native American contributions and values have shaped the social, political, environmental, and economic fabric of the state, while also enhancing freedom, prosperity, and cultural diversity; and WHEREAS, the novel coronavirus has affected us all, but is of particular concern to tribal communities. Historically, Native Americans have faced many foreign diseases and turned to their cultural knowledge as a resource during difficult times, which holds true today during the battle against COVID-19. Tribes and Native American organizations are actively working to protect elders, tribal communities, and families from the spread of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, Minnesota joins other states across the nation in celebrating Native American Heritage Month, honoring the unique heritage of this continent's First People, and reaffirming the commitment to respect each tribe's sovereignty and cultural identity; NOW, Therefore, be it resolved, that I, Amdda Marquez Simula, Mayor of Columbia Heights, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2022 as Native American Heritage Month and November 25, 2022 as Native American Heritage Day, in the City of Columbia Heights, County of Anoka, State of MN, U.S.A. r i'ida Marquez S&' a, Mayor October 24, 2022