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
The Healthy Native North Carolinians Network (HNNC), administered by the UNC American Indian Center, facilitates sustainable community changes to support health and wellness within North Carolina’s tribes and urban Indian organizations by leveraging common goals and resources. Using an … Read more
Zianne Richardson (MihÁ:oknaho:) and Evynn Richardson (Ksé:hahiyé) hail from Halifax County and are members of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe. Zianne, a UNC senior and Morehead-Cain scholar who majors in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in American Indian and … Read more
For Alayah, public health has always been an interest even when she was unsure of which path she would take in higher education. Alayah Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw, Quapaw, Sac and Fox, and Miami) is a Masters of Public Health student with … Read more
Bri Alonso-Vazquez (Nahua) has always felt strongly about her identity and tries to incorporate that into everything she does. Her journey at Carolina was a rocky start, unsure of where she fit into higher education, but she attributes her personal … Read more
On January 20, 2023, the American Indian Center held a Healthy Native North Carolinians (HNNC) Network gathering at the North Carolina Botanical Garden! The event served as an opportunity to learn about how to best support individual health and overall … Read more
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
