American Indian Programs and Resources

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We honor and celebrate the ancestors who came before us – the original inhabitants of the land now known as North Carolina.  

We honor and celebrate the many cultures that existed on this land when Europeans first arrived, and we acknowledge the thousands of people who lost their lives and their land.  

We honor and celebrate the present-day Tribal Nations of North Carolina.

We honor and celebrate all American Indians who live throughout the state and in Urban Communities. 

We honor and celebrate American Indian youth of today and future generations.  

We thank you for maintaining your heritage and values, for revitalizing Indigenous languages, for practicing traditional arts, and for your stewardship of the land in the face of great adversity.  

We thank you for your cultural, scientific, artistic, and economic contributions to our shared society today. 

And we thank you for sharing your history, knowledge, and traditions with people across North Carolina, and beyond.

Resources

North Carolina Historic Sites

Our 27 state historic sites tells an important story from North Carolina’s past and taken together they tell the story of North Carolina’s diverse people and places from early Native American settlements to NC’s role in World War II.

Highway Historical Marker Program

The Highway Historical Marker program is committed to sharing the full scope of North Carolina’s history, including American Indian topics from prehistory through the recent past. Approximately 90 of the state’s 1,600 markers relate to American Indian topics. 

NCPedia

NCpedia highlights North Carolina's unique resources, people, and culture to enrich, educate and inform. The encyclopedia contains articles covering a broad spectrum of topics and resources about North Carolina.

Historical Publications

The Office of Archives and History publishes a wide range of North Carolina topics. They seek to publish and make available more scholarship by American Indian authors and about American Indian topics.

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