National Park Service, American Indian Heritage Sites - Page 4

November in Native American History Month, reflecting on the contribution to the original peoples and nations in North America and the territories of the United States. The National Park Service as a primary agency for the preservation of history, offers information about the contributions of Native Americans at many units they preserve. Sometimes it is a contribution by a single individual and other times, it is the preservation of a major aspect of an entire American culture. Cherokee artist, Franklin Gritts painting of Sequoyah in oil (1941).