Kalila Arreola, a rising junior at UNC, is a part of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. She is majoring in Political Science with two minors, one in Sustainability and the other in American … Read more
Zoey Locklear (Coharie and Lumbee) is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Media and Journalism – Advertising/Public Relations, with a certificate of specialization in Sports Communication. She grew up in Clinton, NC, a town in Sampson County. While … Read more
Lyric Locklear, an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe, is a current junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Psychology and minoring in medical anthropology. She is from Rowland, North Carolina, which is a small town in Robeson County. Lyric described … Read more
Authored by Jalyn Oxendine Colby Taylor is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and a senior at Carolina, where he is majoring in political science. He is from Cherokee, NC, where he and his family still … Read more
Tehya Sepulvado (she/her) is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Faith Danielle Hedgepeth Award. The Faith Danielle Hedgepeth Award was established in 2015 to celebrate and honor the life of Faith Danielle Hedgepeth by providing a sophomore UNC student with funds … Read more
Tia Hunt, citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is a current junior here at UNC-Chapel Hill pursuing a bachelor’s degree in American Studies and Religious Studies. Tia mentioned always being interested in the American South and Native America, … Read more
David Weaver is a current senior here at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is enrolled in the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and grew up in Hickory, North Carolina. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology from UNC-Chapel … Read more
This year the American Indian Center awarded two brilliant Tar Heels with the 2023-2024 Carolina Native Service Scholars Award: Dadrian Ward (Lumbee) and Mia Locklear (Lumbee). We congratulate them on this accomplishment! The Carolina Native Service Scholars Award seeks to … Read more
Paige McClure is a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill and member of The Great Seminole Nation of Oklahoma who grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. Before coming to Carolina, she attended the University of Northern Iowa as an undergrad where … Read more
Juniper Rakhman Gerardi is a current senior here at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Duke University. Juniper is a part of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation and grew up in Fayetteville, New York, but home is where the rez (reservation) is. … Read more
