Native American Heritage in STEM

November is Native American Heritage Month, and we want to take a moment to appreciate people of Native American descent who have made great contributions to STEM.  Each of these individuals has made a great contribution to their field.

Unfortunately, while marginalized racial and ethnic groups still only make up a small percentage of people working in STEM, it is important to note that indigenous people in America are greatly underrepresented in the sciences.  American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) peoples hold only 200,000 out of 34.9 million STEM jobs.  Click here to learn about initiatives to grow indigenous participation in STEM.