Native-American Heritage Month Celebration
Arizona Athletics is proud to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with many festivities taking place surrounding a home women's basketball game at the University of Arizona. As fans enter the McKale Center they are greeted at the entry way with walls lined with the flags from active tribes in Arizona and informational materials about the tribes distributed to fans. Through the years, the day's festivities have also included both pre-game and halftime performances by Native American campus groups, the singing of the National Anthem in the O'odham language, and a reception for the performing groups.
The University of Arizona and Native-American Heritage
The University of Arizona resides on the traditional homelands of the Tohono O'odham Nation.
- There are a total of 37 tribal colleges and universities.
In the state of Arizona, we have Diné College and Tohono O'odham Community College.
- The state of Arizona is home to 22 American Indian tribes and there is a total of 573 federally recognized tribes nationally.
- 75 Tribal Nations are represented through our student population at the University of Arizona.
- Native American Student Organizations on campus:
- Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- Indigicat Student Association (ISA)
- Alpha Pi Omega Sorority, Inc.
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- American Indian & Indigenous Health Alliance (AIIHA)
- Tohono O'odham Student Association (TOSA)
- American Indian Studies Graduate Student Council (AISGSC)
- Miss Native American University of Arizona Club (MNUA)
- Diné Club, Student Action Advisory Board (SAAB)
- Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
- American Indian Studies Graduate Student Council
Services for Native American Student, Faculty, Staff
