National Native American Heritage Day is celebrated the day after Thanksgiving. It is a time to celebrate the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities and ensure their rich histories and contributions to society continue to thrive with each passing generation.
Indiana is the ancestral homeland of many federally recognized Native American tribes including the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma, the Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma, the Forest County Potawatomi Community, the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Osage Nation, the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, the Wyandotte Nation and others.