As part of Native American Heritage Month this November, the Fort Pitt Museum will host “Native Allegheny, Past and Present” on Saturday, Nov. 8.

The special program is open from 3 to 7 p.m. at the museum at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, and will feature a presentation, guided exhibition tours and a small reception celebrating the enduring cultures of the region’s first peoples.

Three centuries ago, Delawares, Shawnees, Senecas and other Native peoples settled the region around present-day Pittsburgh, a place they referred to as “Allegheny.” Far from the pressures of colonial settlement and rival Native nations, it became a sanctuary of sorts in an increasingly turbulent world.

The Native Allegheny, Past and Present program includes a presentation by Jeremy Johnson, cultural education director for the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and a gallery talk led by Seneca photographer DJ Huff, whose work is featured in the museum’s first-floor exhibition “Across.”

The evening will also include a small reception and a guided tour of the museum’s temporary exhibition, “Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny.”

The program is included with regular museum admission.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit heinzhistorycenter.org/events.