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To designate the last week of September as "Native | 1 |
American Week." | 2 |
WHEREAS, Native Americans have made countless contributions | 3 |
towards shaping Ohio into the great state that it is today. For | 4 |
example, they have influenced the geography of the state from the | 5 |
burial mounds that dot the landscape to the names of towns | 6 |
throughout the state; and | 7 |
WHEREAS, Native American tribes that enhanced the rich | 8 |
history and culture of our state include those that were | 9 |
indigenous to the region, including the Hopewell, Adena, Erie, | 10 |
Shawnee, and Kickapoo, and others that migrated to the region, | 11 |
including the Delaware, Miami, Ottawa, Seneca, and Wyandot; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, These tribes and their people have made an indelible | 13 |
mark on the landscape, history, and culture of Ohio. Today, many | 14 |
Native Americans continue to call Ohio home, living, working, and | 15 |
raising their families here; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, Native Americans living in Ohio can be justifiably | 17 |
proud of their rich heritage, spirituality, and traditions. It is | 18 |
important that they receive encouragement from the state's elected | 19 |
officials to continue teaching their culture to their children and | 20 |
sharing it with their fellow Ohioans; now therefore be it | 21 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 22 |
of the State of Ohio, designate the fourth week of September as | 23 |
"Native American Week," in conjunction with "Native American | 24 |
Indian Day" on the fourth Saturday of September, to honor the | 25 |
significant influence that Native Americans have had on Ohio and | 26 |
to encourage the teaching and sharing of their culture; and be it | 27 |
further | 28 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 29 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 30 |
media of Ohio. | 31 |