Native American Heritage
In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month 2023
UNC Greensboro is located on land that has long served as the site of meeting and exchange amongst a number of Indigenous peoples, specifically the Keyauwee and Saura.
Additionally, North Carolina has been home to many Indigenous peoples at various points in time, including the tribes/nations of: Bear River/Bay River, Cape Fear, Catawba, Chowanoke, Coree/Coranine, Creek, Croatan, Eno, Hatteras, Keyauwee, Machapunga, Moratoc, Natchez, Neusiok, Pamlico, Shakori, Sara/Cheraw, Sissipahaw, Sugeree, Wateree, Weapemeoc, Woccon, Yadkin, and Yeopim.
Today, NC recognizes 8 tribes: Coharie, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Saponi, Haliwa Saponi, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
Acknowledgement by itself is a small gesture. It becomes meaningful when coupled with authentic relationships and informed by action. As a first step, acknowledgements can be an opening to greater public consciousness of Native sovereignty and cultural rights, a step toward equitable relationships and reconciliation.
Naming is an exercise in power. Who gets the right to name or be named? Whose stories are honored in a name? Acknowledgement of traditional land honors historic relationship with the land.
2023 Calendar of Events
Ameinahani: Centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Academic Research
Thursday, Nov. 2, 9:30am
Curry building, room 334
Ph.D. candidate, Nodia Mena, is a part of the Liminal Spaces of the Hispanic World Speaker Series organized by SPA 317 and the Dept. of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Native American Heritage Month Celebration (Virtual)
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 9am-12pm
Hosted by Tailored Plans, this Virtual NAHM Celebration will feature guest speakers from each of the 8 tribes in North Carolina.
NASA Interest Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 11am-1pm
EUC O62 (OIE space) | Big Boyz food truck @ Minerva
Join the Native American Student Association for a drop-in interest meeting from 11am-1pm! OIE will be hosting this interest meeting and Big Boyz Catering (a local, Native-owned business) will be providing food to the first 100 students!
Bring any questions you may have about joining NASA and come chat with current NASA folks! Reminder: you don’t have to identify as Native American to join the student organization.
28th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Saturday, Nov. 18, All-day
NC Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
The American Indian Heritage Celebration, with support from its community partners the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and the North Carolina American Indian Commission has been the culminating event in honor of American Indian Heritage Month in North Carolina for more than 25 years.
With a virtual Education Day on Friday and an in-person festival on Saturday, multiple demonstrations, presentations, and performances highlight the traditional and contemporary artistic, scientific, historic, and cultural contributions of American Indians in North Carolina. The consistent theme and message of AIHC, as expressed by its Advisory Board, is visibility: Indigenous people are still here!
Native American Heritage Month Celebration for Guilford County Schools
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 6pm-8pm
Western Guilford Middle School | 401 college rd.
Join Guilford County Schools in a county-wide celebration of Native American Heritage Month! This event is free to all and will celebrate Native art, food, vendors, music, and dancing!
RSVP Here by November 17th
Check out these additional community events!
Guilford Native American Art Gallery
Museum of Southeast American Indian
Additional resources
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Native American Student Association at UNCG
National Congress of American Indians
NC Commission of Indian Affairs
Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgement
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