Saturday, March 3^rd

11:00 am-3:00pm

This event is FREE and open to all!

Location: Haliwa-Saponi Multipurpose Building (Library)

288 Capps Farm Road

Hollister, NC 27844

Come learn about the richness of Art, History and Culture of the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe on Saturday, March 3^rd in Hollister, NC, just a little over an hour north of the Triangle.  Meet local Haliwa-Saponi Artists and learn about their unique talents and the culture behind their creations. Purchase Authentic Native American Art & Crafts created by Tribal Artists. Purchase and enjoy Native foods as you listen to live performances from “2 Steps Back,” a Southern Blues and Oldies band comprised of Haliwa-Saponi tribal members. Sit and relax while you view never before seen documentary presentations about the Tribe’s unique Powwow history, the historic Haliwa-Saponi Indian School and other aspects of their History!

Merecouremechen Kihoe                                            “You are welcome to be Here”

This event grew from partnership with the American Indian Center at UNC Chapel Hill and the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, through a Creative Economies grant sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council to promote sustainable economic development through the arts in the local community. The documentary project and history presentations are also made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information contact Karen L. Harley: (252) 538-1145 or ysaponi@aol.com

Highlights of the weekend’s events will include:

•  Opportunities to meet one-on-one with professors in your field of interest
• Information on applying to UNC Chapel Hill from UNC American Indian professors
• “A Day in the Life of a Carolina Graduate Student” with American Indian graduate students
• Sequoyah Distinguished Alumni Dinner, Lecture, & Reception
• Tours of campus and the Chapel Hill area
• Information on taking the GRE and funding for graduate students

Registration for the recruitment weekend is now open! REGISTER NOW

Please see our website for more information on the recruitment weekend, including online registration, financial assistance application, and a schedule of events: http://gradschool.unc.edu/airecruit.

Earlier registration is recommended, especially if financial assistance will be requested since resources are limited and will be provided in the order received.

The registration deadline for funding assistance is Feb. 10th; the registration deadline without funding assistance is March 9th.

Help promote the event in your community!

Would you please post the event flyer and extend our invitation to members of your organization and community?

American Indian Graduate Recruitment Event Flyer (pdf)

If you would like more information or your organization would like to help sponsor this event, please contact Courtney Lewis or Sandra Hoeflich at email native@unc.edu or (919) 962-6323.

The American Indian Center at UNC Chapel Hill, in collaboration with LEARN NC, is proud to announce the new online Curriculum Guide on Teaching about American Indians in North Carolina designed for K-12 educators to inform and enhance teaching related to North Carolina’s America Indian tribes.

Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, many community-submitted historic and contemporary visual resources, as well as lesson plans. The guide consists of culturally appropriate, tribally-approved information on all 8 state-recognized tribes— the Coharie Indian Tribe, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Meherrin Indian Tribe, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony, and Waccamaw Siouan Tribe!

The online curriculum guide is available through LEARN NC:

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nc-american-indians/

 Please help to spread the word about this new resource to educators in your community!

*This is a growing digital resource that is regularly updated with new information from tribes, so check back often!

This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Henry Owl was a pioneer for American Indians.  The EBCI tribal member was the first person of color admitted to the University of North Carolina and the first American Indian graduate.

The Henry Owl Fellowship, offered through the UNC American Indian Center, funds a two-week language immersion program at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and includes a stipend of $1,500, tuition and living expenses.

“Henry Owl opened doors for Cherokees to seek graduate degrees and to exercise their right to vote,” said Theda Perdue, UNC American Indian Center.  “By doing so, he made North Carolina a more just state. UNC is pleased to honor him with the Henry Owl Fund, which will support the Henry Owl Graduate Fellowship and instructional programs in Cherokee language, history, and culture.”

Owl’s daughter Gladys Cardiff followed in her father’s academic footsteps and has earned a doctorate and is a professor at Oakland University.  “My father inspired me in words and in deeds. I am made humble and also filled with inspiration when I think of how hard he worked to get a good education. For him, doing more than what was required was the norm. His aim was to excel in all that he did, whether it was academics, or sports, or singing beautifully in his deep bass voice.”

“He was a modest and gentle man who believed in behaving properly and decently toward everyone he met. He had two admonishments for me and my sisters and brother that he repeated throughout his lifetime: ‘Get a good education’” and ‘Remember who you are’.  His example gave me the courage to go back to school after my two children were finished with their own college careers. I earned my doctorate and am now a professor at Oakland University with a specialty in Native American literature and in creative writing. I have had two books of poetry published and am finishing a third. I include this information simply to underscore his legacy as a loving father who inspired me to emulate his work ethic and morals. It has been my honor to introduce students to the wonderful stories, poems, and memoirs of Native writers.”

Brooke Bauer, a Ph.D. student at UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Catawba Nation, was a recipient of the Fellowship in May.  “Language study enriches the understanding of American Indian culture, and makes UNC’s American Indian studies concentration one of the most innovative in the nation.”

Perdue wrote a paper about Owl in which she discusses his life and legacy including his fight for the right of American Indians to vote.  “He (Owl) made his mark on the history of Indian civil rights when he tried to register to vote in Swain County.  At first, the registrar refused to register him on the basis that he was illiterate.  When Owl presented his thesis, the registrar claimed that Cherokees did not have the right to vote in North Carolina because they were wards of the government and not citizens, despite a federal law in 1924 that made all Indians citizens.”

“In 1930, Owl’s testimony before the Senate about the discrimination he had suffered prompted Congress to enact a law extending citizenship rights to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the last Indian tribe in the United States to be guaranteed the right to vote.”

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The Director of the American Indian Center Search Committee is pleased to announce that the following four candidates for the directorship have accepted our invitation to visit campus for public interviews.

• James Cedric Woods, Ph.D.
• Thomas Hatley, Ph.D. 
• Timothy Evans, J.D.
• Amy Locklear Hertel, J.D.

We invite you to attend the upcoming open forums with the candidates.  These forums are designed to give the campus community an opportunity to hear from candidates about their experience and their ideas for enhancing UNC Chapel Hill, and an opportunity for you to provide feedback.  Each candidate will choose a topic to discuss.

Open Public Forums:

September 27 – 2:15-3:00 – Toy Lounge, Dey Hall: James Cedric Woods

September 29 – 2:15-3:00 – Toy Lounge, Dey Hall: Thomas Hatley

October 3 – 2:15-3:00 – Toy Lounge, Dey Hall: Timothy Evans

October 10 – 2:15-3:00 – Toy Lounge, Dey Hall: Amy Locklear Hertel

Candidate CV’s

Directions to Toy Lounge (4th floor of Dey Hall).  Parking is available in the Rams Head Deck

Marcus Collins, an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, will become interim director of the American Indian Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday (Sept. 1).

While serving as interim director, Collins will continue in his current roles as an assistant dean in the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling and director of the Summer Bridge Program, which aids North Carolina high school students from small schools. He replaces Clara Sue Kidwell, Ph.D., who retired in August.

“I am grateful to Marcus for his willingness to serve the University and the larger community by leading the American Indian Center during this period of transition,” said Carol Tresolini, associate provost for academic initiatives.  “He has been closely associated with the center since its inception and is well-prepared to take on this responsibility.”

Originally from Pembroke, Collins earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UNC-Pembroke. He received excellence in advising awards at UNC in 2007 and 2011 and is pursuing his doctorate at N.C. State University.

American Indian Center contact: Brandi Brooks, (9190 843-4189, brandi@unc.edu

News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589

UNC Chapel Hill News Release

Thursday, August 25, 2011 – 5:30ppm

Side Lawn of Abernethy Hall (Corner of S. Columbia St. & Cameron Ave)

Music and information about American Indian student organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be part of a welcome event on campus beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 25, 2011 on the side lawn of Abernethy Hall.

The UNC American Indian Center will host the event, “Welcome Extravaganza for the Carolina American Indian Community & Friends,” on the lawn of Abernethy Hall at South Columbia Street and Cameron Avenue. The public, including American Indians from the surrounding area, is invited.

The event is part of a Week of Welcome at Carolina to start the fall semester.

American Indian student groups will provide information about their activities. The organizations – which are helping to sponsor the event – are the Carolina Indian Circle, First Nations Graduate Circle, Native American Law Students Association, Native Health Initiative, Alpha Pi Omega Sorority Inc., Phi Sigma Nu Native American Fraternity Inc. and American Indian Science & Engineering Society. Representatives from various campus departments including the American Studies, the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and The Graduate School will also be available.

For more information or to Volunteer for the event, contact Brandi Brooks at (919) 843-4189 or brandi@unc.edu.

The American Indian Center invites you to a symposium and reception in honor of Clara Sue Kidwell, who is retiring as director of the Center.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Donovan Lounge, Second Floor – Greenlaw Hall

Symposium on Choctaw History:  3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Reception: 5:00 p.m.

Four historians of the Choctaws, on whom Clara Sue has published extensively, will present work in her honor at the symposium.

Greg O’Brien, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Christina Synder, Indiana University

Katherine Osburn, Tennessee Tech University

Malinda Maynor Lowery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presiding: Theda Perdue, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Please mark your calendars and join us for the scholarly presentations and/or the reception.

RSVP by June 17: brandi@unc.edu

17th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

• Jeffrey A. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H.(bio) (poster), President and CEO, Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
• Marilyn Aguirre-Molina,  Ed.D., M.S.(bio) (poster), Professor of Public Health, City University of New York – School of Public Health; Director, CUNY Institute for Health Equity (web site)
• Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D.(bio) (poster), Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (web site)
• Barbara Pullen-Smith, M.P.H.(bio), Director, North Carolina Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (web site) and Past President, National Association of State Offices of Minority Health (NASOMH), Moderator

Live, interactive broadcast via Internet webcast from the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium at the University of North Carolina School of Social Work. (For more information visit the event web site)

Agenda
Attend the Videoconference at UNC (Register for the studio audience)
Background resources for this topic
Broadcast information (webcast)
Register to view the Internet broadcast (webcast) (and see the link to the broadcast)
Register as an organization or group
Find a viewing site near you
Comments from past participants

The March 3^rd Charrette meeting with the AIC and Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe in Hollister, NC.

The UNC Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention highlights the work of the American Indian Center staff in an American Indian Healthy Eating Project and in partnering with the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe to strengthen their tribally-operated Farmers’ Market!

PRC Conference showcases American Indian Healthy Eating Project

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) will showcase three projects at the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Annual Conference this week.  The theme of this year’s collaborative conference is The Changing Face of Public Health Research and Practice.

At the conference, HPDP will interact with the 37 PRCs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), other federal agencies, state, tribal, and local health departments, universities, and community advocates.  Each year, these interactions foster collaborations, make possible dissemination, enhance the role of prevention research, and showcase community-based participatory research.  The HPDP projects featured will be:

• The HOPE Projects- HPDP overview and Core Research Projects, Marci Campbell (PI), Salli Benedict and Katie Barnes
• Moving Evidence into Action: The Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina, Ashley Leighton, Student research assistant
• The American Indian Healthy Eating Project, Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD

PRC program staff selected one project from each PRC to give an oral presentation at the conference. The American Indian Healthy Eating Project, an innovative public health, planning, and policy project aims to accelerate solution-oriented strategies for tribal-level action to help address American Indian diet-related health disparities will represent HPDP.

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For additional information about the project please contact Ms. Randi Byrd (rrbyrd@email.unc.edu)