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The mission of this new American Indian Center is to bridge the richness of North Carolina's American Indian cultures with the strengths of Carolina’s research, education and teaching. This will establish the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a leading public university for American Indian scholarship and scholars and make native issues a permanent part of the intellectual life of the university.

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Tribal Leadership Workshop: NC Commission of Indian Affairs Leadership Retreat

June 25-26, 2008

Location: Friday Center for Continuning Education

The first of a series of workshops is designed for executive staff, executive committee members, and committee chairs (or their designees) of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. This workshop will give staff and members of the Commission a chance to discuss their goals, the current structure and activities of the committees, and ways of strengthening the governments of the state recognized tribes that elect members to the Commission.  

The workshop will begin on Wednesday morning, June 25 at 10:00 a.m.  The day will conclude with a casual dinner in Chapel Hill at 6:00 p.m.  Overnight lodging will be provided at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel across from the Friday Center.  The session on Thursday, June 26, will be from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

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Directions to the Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill (Host Hotel)

 

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This university-wide Center will advance the University’s mission
of research, teaching, and service through the following goals:

Leadership in American Indian Scholarship and Research
By creating an environment in which quality research and scholarship related to American Indians is stregthened and nutured, the University can become the premier university in the East for American Indian research and knowledge dissmentation.
Engagement with and Service to North Carolina’s First People
By serving as the University’s front door to American Indian communities, this Center will enable Carolina, as the University of the People, to truly serve the First People of North Carolina as well as the First people of the South and the East.
Enrichment of Campus Diversity and Dialogue
By facilitating the inclusion of the American Indian peoples, with their unique and rich cultures, traditions, beliefs, and histories, the learning environment of the entire Carolina community will be enriched.

Announcements

  • First Tribal Leadership Workshop - will be held on June 25 and 26 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill for executive staff, executive committee members, and committee chairs of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs.
  • Vist "The Ancient Carolinians" - an interactive exhibit exploring the lives of people who lived in this region nearly 12,000 years ago
  • "Where the Trail has Led", Sholars are piecing together a surprising new picture of American Indians (Endeavors, Winter 2008)

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