Celebrating Native American Heritage Month Nov 2, 2018

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

These dancers from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma are preforming a ceremonial Gourd Dance at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in New Mexico, an annual gathering that also includes art, demonstrations, a rodeo, parades, and other events. We’re featuring the image in honor of Native American Indian Heritage Month, which is observed each November. The commemorative month celebrates the contributions of Native Americans to our national culture. In honor of this event, we invite you to learn more about Native people in your region.

© Chuck Place/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Nov 2, 2019A national icon
Nov 2, 2020Waiting for winter
Nov 2, 2021Day of the Dead
Nov 2, 202275th anniversary of the Spruce Goose
Nov 2, 2023Death Valley National Park, California
Nov 2, 2024National Bison Day
Nov 2, 2025Maple and bamboo forests in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 5, 2021A day to celebrate teachers
Feb 16, 2026Presidents Day
Dec 17, 2020Pining for spring
Mar 27, 2021Blink and you ll miss it
Jun 7, 2018Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
Feb 10, 2021A throng of ice and spires
Jul 16, 2019Hemingway’s Keys
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Oct 3, 2025Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Oct 11, 2019Art in the high desert
Feb 18, 2021A river runs through it
Sep 25, 2024Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
May 7, 2022Astronomy Day
May 24, 2022European Day of Parks
Aug 6, 2025Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 20, 2024National Cherry Blossom Festival
May 16, 2026Smith Rock State Park, Oregon
Nov 11, 2019On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
Aug 18, 2023Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
Sep 1, 2020National Mushroom Month
Jul 11, 2019Evidence of human habitation
Jan 26, 2026Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany
Dec 2, 2018Winter in Old Nuuk
Dec 15, 2024Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
Jun 25, 2022Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Mar 12, 2019The otherworldly red river
Dec 12, 2021Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
Mar 30, 2025Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 12, 2020Big sky at Big Bend
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland