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<\/p>\nWhat to know about Sacramento’s Native American Heritage Month Parade on Nov. 8<\/p>\n
There will be floats, horses, vehicles, walkers, performers, color guards, flags and marching bands. <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPREPARING FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PARADE. IT\u2019S ALL HAPPENING IN SACRAMENTO. AND JOINING US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT IT IS ASSEMBLY MEMBER JAMES RAMOS. HE\u2019S THE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS. MR. RAMOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WHY YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF. SO NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS SOMETHING THAT\u2019S BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AND DIFFERENT STATES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT WHAT HASN\u2019T HAPPENED IS THE GENERAL COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING THAT NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. SO WE\u2019RE DOING OUR BEST AS CALIFORNIA INDIAN PEOPLE, INDIAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVING DIFFERENT FESTIVITIES AND A PARADE IN SACRAMENTO. AND I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE UNLESS THEY GREW UP HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND, AND TOOK HISTORY CLASSES, CALIFORNIA HISTORY CLASSES HERE, THEY MAY NOT REALIZE HOW MANY TRIBES ARE HERE, EVEN JUST THAT WE\u2019RE HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY TRIBES ARE STILL THERE TODAY? DEFINITELY. RIGHT THERE IN SACRAMENTO, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE THE CAPITAL IS, THAT\u2019S MIWOK NISENAN TERRITORY. AND THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES COMING OUT AND EMCEEING THE PARADE THEMSELVES. HERE WE HAVE THE CHAIRWOMAN, SARAH DUSKY FROM IRON BAND AND VICE CHAIR. RAQUEL WILLIAMS FROM WILTON RANCHERIA. WE ALSO HAVE A MONUMENT ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS NOW DEDICATED TO CALIFORNIA\u2019S FIRST PEOPLE OF MIWOK. NISENAN LEADER. IT\u2019S REAL IMPORTANT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE LAND THAT PEOPLE WALK ON IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS TRADITIONALLY TRIBAL LAND. WHAT\u2019S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN? THIS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAVE TO HAVE OPEN MINDS TO THE TRUE HISTORY, THE TRUE CULTURE, AND THE AMOUNT OF TRIBES AND PEOPLE THAT CALL CALIFORNIA HOME. CALIFORNIA HAS THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION. YET THE TRUE HISTORY AND THE CURRICULUM IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE EDUCATION SYSTEM DOES NOT ABSORB THAT THAT TRUE HISTORY. SO NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A TIME WHERE WE COULD OPEN UP OUR MINDS AND NOT SO MUCH. GO BACK TO THE STEREOTYPES THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN. INDIAN PEOPLE, NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT HAVE AN OPEN MIND TO THE TRUE HISTORY AND THE TRUE CULTURE OF CALIFORNIA\u2019S FIRST PEOPLE AND THIS NATION\u2019S FIRST PEOPLE. AND THESE TRIBES ARE ALIVE AND WELL, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL A PART OF THEM. LET\u2019S TALK ABOUT THE PARADE THAT IS SET FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH. RIGHT? BEGINS AT 10 A.M. UNTIL 3 P.M. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? SO NOVEMBER 8TH IS A SECOND NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PARADE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE WILL GO DOWN CAPITOL MALL AND TO THE WEST STEPS OF THE CAPITOL, WHERE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES WILL BE DONE AND EDUCATION AROUND ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR PEOPLE. YOU\u2019LL SEE AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT TRIBAL PEOPLE REPRESENTED NOT ONLY FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION. WE HAVE IN OUR AREAS. WE\u2019LL HAVE MIWOKS THAT WILL COME DOWN AND SING THEIR TRADITIONAL SONGS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERTRIBAL BIRD SINGERS. THEY WILL SING TRADITIONAL SONGS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EUROPE. BRUSH DANCERS FROM UP FROM EUREKA UP IN CALIFORNIA SINGING TRADITIONAL SONGS. WE HAVE OVER 100 ENTRIES AT THIS POINT, AND IT\u2019S STILL NOT TOO LATE FOR TRIBES TO BE ABLE TO JOIN IN. CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND JOIN IN THE PARADE. THE SECOND ONE IN THE STATE\u2019S HISTORY. ALL RIGHT, AND VERY EDUCATIONAL. IF YOU\u2019RE NOT PART OF A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE, MAYBE YOU DIDN\u2019T LEARN IT IN SCHOOL OR LEARN IT GROWING UP. AND, YOU KNOW, VERY IT SOUNDS LIKE IT\u2019S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EDUCATIONAL WITH WITH ALL OF THE PERFORMERS AND THE EDUCATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN ON THE WEST STEPS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING AND ACKNOWLEDGING NATIONAL NATIVE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
What to know about Sacramento’s Native American Heritage Month Parade on Nov. 8<\/p>\n
There will be floats, horses, vehicles, walkers, performers, color guards, flags and marching bands. <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:59 AM PDT Oct 28, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n