Isabella Lane (she/they) is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Faith Danielle Hedgepeth Award. Her Indigeneity goes back to Mexico, specifically the Chichimeca Tribe. She is currently a sophomore UNC student double majoring in Political Science and Public Policy, with a … Read more

2022-2023 AIC Scholastic Awards During this 2022-2023 academic year, the UNC American Indian Center will be offering two monetary, scholastic awards for students that have demonstrated an interest in serving the North Carolina American Indian population. These awards are the … Read more

This year the American Indian Center awarded four fantastic Tar Heels with the 2021-2022 Carolina Native Service Scholars Award: Dalton Locklear (Lumbee), Lyric Locklear (Lumbee), Halona Lewis (Lumbee), and Elson Roaquin (Lumbee). We congratulate them on this accomplishment! The Carolina … Read more

This year, the UNC American Indian Center is offering three monetary, scholastic awards for students that have demonstrated an interest in serving the North Carolina American Indian population. These awards are the Carolina Native Service Scholars Award (4 recipients), The … Read more

Kamryn Locklear, a Robeson County native and a member of the Lumbee Tribe, is a UNC Alumni who spent her undergraduate years immersed in both her studies and her community. Kamryn accomplished a Bachelors of Science in Psychology as well … Read more

This year, the UNC American Indian Center is offering monetary, scholastic awards for students that have demonstrated an interest in serving the North Carolina American Indian population. The applications for the Carolina Native Service Scholars Award (2 undergraduate recipients) and … Read more

This year, the UNC American Indian Center is offering three monetary, scholastic awards for students that have demonstrated an interest in serving the North Carolina American Indian population. These awards are the Carolina Native Service Scholars Award (2 recipients), The … Read more

Ryan Dial-Stanley, from Kernersville, NC, is a member of the Lumbee tribe and graduated last year from UNC with a Bachelors of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science and a minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Before graduating, Ryan was … Read more

Jamison Lowery was born and raised in the small town of Pembroke, North Carolina and is a member of the Lumbee Tribe. He just graduated as a part of the UNC-Chapel Hill class of 2020, with a Bachelor of Arts … Read more

This event is FREE and open to the public. February 17-21, 2021 (Today through Sunday) To Register and Explore Details: Festival Schedule and Registration   Recognizing the power and potential of storytelling in its many forms at this pivotal moment … Read more