Native American Heritage Month was designated to be the month of November by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
Los Angeles’ Indigenous communities include the Tongva, Fernandeno Tataviam, Ventureno Chumash and over 200 different tribes who were the first to settle in the region.
USA men’s hockey player Clarence “Taffy” Abel was the first Native American athlete to be a flag bearer at the Olympics when he carried the flag in 1924 Winter Olympics. He would also become the first Native American to win a medal at the winter games.
Abby Roque became the first Indigenous woman to represent Team USA in women’s ice hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
(You can watch her and the rest of Team USA take on Team Canada during the Rivalry Series at Crypto.com Arena on Nov. 11!)
