1. American Indian Heritage Month

2. U.S. Federal and State Reservations

3. Gifts of the American Indian Heritage

4. Pumpkins Turkey Hot Chocolate Peanuts

5. NAMES OF LOCATIONS

8. rural Adams County, Ohio  Twelve Hundred Feet long  Four to Six Feet High  Believed to be constructed by early North American Indians

9. "The most famous of all such (effigy) mounds is the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, 1,330 feet in length along its coils and averaging three feet in height. --E.H. Roseboom & F. P. Weisenburger A History of Ohio

10.  Served in the United States Marines from 1942-1945  Helped the Marines take Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu and Iwo Jima as well as serving in every single assault  The original 29 were awarded Congressional Gold Medals of Honor on July 26, 2001

11. "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima." ~Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer "Awarding these medals will give our nation a chance to bestow an honor that is long overdue and to formally thank these brave men for their contributions." - Senator Jeff Bingaman

12. Ten Largest American Indian Tribes, 2000 Name Population Cherokee729,533 Navajo298,197 Latin American Indian180,940 Choctaw158,774 Sioux153,360 Chippewa149,669 Apache96,833 Blackfeet85,750 Iroquois80,822 Pueblo74,085 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1.