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Taking place each second week of October from 9am to 11am in Phoenix, Arizona, NAC hosts this parade to celebrate Native American heritage and culture, highlighting a new theme each year that embodies resiliency and community. Our parade route travels from 3rd Street and Oak Street, heading north and ending at Steele Indian School Park. This free community event features floats, performers, music, and fun. In addition, the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center hosts continues the celebration with presentations, music, and more at their open house event.
We are excited to announce our 40th Annual Parade set for Saturday, October 12th, 2024 starting at 9am along our iconic route! This year our theme is 'Birth of a New Day: Celebrating New Light and New Beginnings' - highlighting the power of change brought by each new day.
Mark your calendars for this free community event and check back here for more details.
Interested in registering your group or float to participate in this year's parade? Reach out to parade@nativeconnections.org, complete the parade registration form, and provide the indicated registration fee to reserve your spot!
The Annual Native American Connections Parade is a Native American Recognition Days event. Check out other NARD events honoring and celebrating Native American heritage happening all fall, including the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center's Open House and Phoenix Indian Center's Social Powwow at Steele Indian School Park, both occurring after the parade on Oct. 14th, 2023. Visit phxindcenter.org to learn more.
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A "chronically homeless" individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than ninety (90) days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. In order to meet the ‘‘chronically homeless’’ definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least twelve (12) months or on at least four (4) separate occasions in the last three (3) years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least twelve (12) months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least seven (7) nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter or in a safe haven.
Federal nondiscrimination laws define a person with a disability to include any (1) individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) individual with a record of such impairment; or (3) individual who is regarded as having such an impairment. In general, a physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, examples of conditions such as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.