KENTUCKY NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM, INC

Teacher/Educator
Resources & Links:

Kentucky Teacher's
Native American Guide

Kentucky Living Article
on Museum's Benefits To
Native Culture/Education

Links of Interest:
allnationswarriorsociety.com
cherokee.org
cherokee-nc.com
theonefeather.com
shamanism.org
usaindianinfo.org
whitleycountytourism.com
cherokeephoenix.org
indiancountrytoday-
medianetwork.com
crazycrow.com
manataka.org
aaslh.org
kymuseums.org
powwows.com
nativegatherings.com
500nations.com
refugeridge.org

KNAHM
Board of Directors

CEO
Ken Phillips

President
Marty Martin

Vice President
vacant

Secretary
Linda Dishon

Treasurer
Shelia Phillips

Board Members
Michael Davis
Adam Phillips
Phyllis Lee
Kay Lester
Eddie Glasgow

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to the Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum was founded in 1999 to promote understanding of North America's Indigenous People from both historic and contemporary perspectives, through collection and dissemination of information about their histories, cultures, beliefs, and expressive arts; their existing communities, lifestyles, occupations and ways; and their past and ongoing contributions to Appalachia's and our nation's cultural weave.

We have particular interest in providing venues for and otherwise supporting the work and lifestyles of those who preserve tribal traditions in their homes and communities through educational and social activities, creative expressions and proactive honoring of diversity in schools, museums, libraries, festivals and other public and private outlets.

The museum brings native people and the general public into closer contact with each other, promoting mutual awareness and appreciation. The museum also teaches children and adults about the Eastern Woodland Tribes which inhabited this region when Europeans first came and had significant affect on everything from choice of self-government to food-ways and survival skills; whose descendants (estimated to include up to 90% of all Appalachians) still play the primary role in shaping the mountain character.

The museum began as a mobile outreach to schools, libraries, museums, festivals and Pow Wows in Kentucky. Originally designed to serve Kentucky, we now reach service areas in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Through 2011, 80,000 people have directly benefited from active participation in our programs.

The Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3/non-profit organization.