NEWS RELEASE: Library Marks Native American Heritage Month with Series of Events for All Ages

(November 1, 2022 – Annapolis, Md.) Anne Arundel County Public Library is offering the following programs to celebrate the Native American Heritage Month

 

Native American Storytime 

Saturday, November 5 at 11 am at Glen Burnie Library 

Celebrate Native American heritage and culture through stories, songs, movement and dance. 

Lessons from the Animal People 

Why does bear hibernate? What happened to rabbit’s tail? Learn about the Earth and her animal children with Dovie Thomason, Native storyteller. 

Saturday, November 5 at 11 am at Severn Library  

Tuesday, November 8 at 10:30 am at Glen Burnie Library  

Tuesday, November 8 at 2:45 pm at Brooklyn Park Library  

Tuesday, November 22 at 10:30 am at Busch Annapolis Library  

Tuesday, November 22 at 2 pm at Broadneck Library  

Tuesday, November 22 at 6 pm at Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library 

*Reconstructing East Baltimore’s “Reservation” with Dr. Ashley Minner 

Monday, November 14 at 7 pm on Zoom 

In the mid-twentieth century, thousands of Lumbee Indians and members of other tribal nations migrated to Baltimore City, which they affectionately referred to as their "reservation." In collaboration with her elders, Ashley Minner has been mining archives to reconstruct this "reservation."  

*Registration required to receive the Zoom link for this online event 

Play Traditional Native American Games 

Wednesday, November 23 at 2 pm at Edgewater Library 

Celebrate Native American Heritage month by learning some traditional children's games. Create your own game pieces, learn where they came from and play with your friends! 

Find more Native American interest events hosted by the library.