Native American Heritage Month 2020

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Spokane Public Library! View our selection of pre-recorded video programming below to learn more about Indigenous cultures and tribal nations:

Spokane Tribe Enrolled Member Judge Wynecoop Reminisces About Growing Up and Hunting on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the 1930s

10 Words and Phrases in Salish for Kids – and Everyone! Presented by Kale (Sqáqlaʔxʷqn̓) and Mireya (N̓k̓ʷlílaʔ) of the Salish School of Spokane

How to Make Fry Bread with Jennifer LeBret of the Spokane Tribe

How to Make Fry Bread and Learn Some Cooking Words in Salish from the Salish School of Spokane

Teepee Story with Drea Rose

Spokane Tribe Documentary – Battles of 1858 | Apolonio Hernandez & Jennifer LeBret

Cedar Basket Weaving | Patti Bailey (Part 1-10 below)

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Part 2

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Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Elderberry as Medicine to Boost Your Immune System from Spokane Tribal Member Jennifer LeBret

The Doodlebug Story as told by Spokane Tribal Elder Orten Ford

Check out this Indigenous Literature Booklist for further reading!

View Kanopy’s selection of videos about Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations.

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