Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
On November 4, 2025, the Board of Supervisors adopted the motion, Proclaiming November 2025 as Native American Heritage Month, and recognize November 2025 as Native American Heritage Month in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County is home to numerous First Peoples, including the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash, whose ancestral lands we inhabit. The County also has a vibrant American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population representing more than 200 tribes. This month, we honor their resilience, creativity, and the many ways Native peoples have enriched our society.
We invite you to join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month with respect, gratitude, and solidarity, honoring the resilience of Native peoples and continuing our shared work toward a just society where their rights, histories, and cultures are uplifted and celebrated. For information about local events and to learn more, click the button below.
Los Angeles County has the largest number of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) residents in the United States. And while the County has worked to integrate Native voices into policymaking, cultural preservation, and educational initiatives, AIAN people continue to be disproportionately impacted by homelessness in their own homelands.
This Native American Heritage Month, ARDI is preparing to release a new tool, the AIAN People Experiencing Homelessness Dashboard which will be launching soon.
This dashboard is designed to:
- Illuminate the systems and factors contributing to AIAN homelessness
- Support Tribes, Native-led organizations, County departments, service providers, and community advocates in identifying gaps to inform funding and program decisions
- Track progress toward reducing disproportionality and improving outcomes
- Honor identity by including both AIAN-only and multiracial AIAN individuals
In 2025, AIAN people (alone and in combination with other races) made up 3.6% of LA County’s unhoused population—despite being just 2.7% of the total population.
This dashboard is a response to long-standing calls for better data, deeper accountability, and systems that reflect the realities of Native communities. Through this dashboard, we hope users will gain a clearer understanding of how homelessness affects AIAN communities across Los Angeles County, where inequities are most pronounced, and how patterns differ across sub-populations, and program touchpoints.
Stay tuned for the official launch.