President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution in 1990 proclaiming November “National American Indian Heritage Month." Each year since, the White House has designated November to be a month honoring and celebrating Native American Heritage.

When asking a question about a tough topic, you an follow these tips:

• Ask directly
• Be respectful
• Be genuine
• Accept no as a complete answer
• Try not to corner or put someone on the spot

When answering a question, you can follow these tips:

• Assume the person asking is being genuine
• Be truthful
• Be kind
• Don't make up stories or fairytales
• Admit when you do not know the answer
• Avoid sweeping generalizations
• Own up to your mistakes
• Keep conversations open for more information later
• If the question was asked "poorly" or with incorrect terminology, you can give an alternate way of asking with corrected wording

When questions come from kids, here are some additional tips to follow:

• If you need to look up the answer, invite the child to join you in researching
• Admitting when you don't know the answer but being excited to look it up builds trust in your relationship and the child's desire to learn
• If the question isn't appropriate for you to answer (ie. a student asks a teacher a body question), let the child know that you can not answer the question but their parent (or somebody else) may be able to
• Continue the conversation with the child
• Thank them for asking questions. This will encourage them to keep asking!

• Native American Heritage Month - PBS
• nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov
  
• Native American Heritage Month - NCAI
  
• Teaching Children to Be Respectful of their Peers